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San Diego Surf Report

 

NOAA and CDIP Buoys Monday, April 20th, 2:35pm PDT Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   4.3 ft 8 sec 156° 12-14 kt 100° 39.9 °F Cape Suckling   9.5 ft 10 sec 229° 14-17 kt 260° 43.2 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   7.2 ft --- 252° 16-19 kt --- 43.0 °F SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   4.3 ft 8 sec 226° 12-14 kt 240° 38.7 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   10.5 ft 9 sec 352° 16-19 kt 80° 37.9 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   5.9 ft 8 sec 265° 16-19 kt 290° 44.4 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   11.2 ft 13 sec 240° 19-25 kt 230° 38.5 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   9.8 ft --- 258° 16-19 kt 270° --- SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   13.5 ft --- 27° --- --- 38.8 °F SOUTH KODIAK   9.8 ft 12 sec 256° 12-16 kt --- 38.8 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   10.5 ft 9 sec 221° --- --- 39.0 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   13.1 ft 11 sec 206° 16-17 kt --- 39.9 °F Ocean Station PAPA   9.8 ft 13 sec 281° --- --- 41.9 °F Backyard Buoys   3.9 ft 8 sec 256° --- --- --- Grays Harbor, WA   4.3 ft 11 sec 271° --- --- 55.2 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   4.3 ft 8 sec 219° --- --- 53.8 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   5.9 ft 13 sec 272° --- --- 54.3 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   5.9 ft 11 sec 290° 8-10 kt 250° 52.7 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   4.9 ft 12 sec 284° --- --- 53.8 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   5.6 ft 13 sec 285° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   5.6 ft 11 sec 289° --- --- 55.0 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   6.2 ft 13 sec 286° --- --- 53.4 °F Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   7.9 ft 11 sec 297° --- --- 52.7 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 8-12 kt 360° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 19-23 kt 180° 53.4 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   9.8 ft 13 sec 301° --- --- 54.9 °F PT ARENA   --- --- --- 12-16 kt 140° 54.7 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 6-10 kt 150° --- WEST CALIFORNIA   10.5 ft 12 sec 310° 6-8 kt 210° 58.3 °F Point Reyes, CA   11.5 ft 14 sec 307° --- --- 56.5 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   7.2 ft 14 sec 267° --- --- 56.8 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 21-25 kt 160° 56.5 °F HALF MOON BAY   6.2 ft 7 sec --- 19-25 kt 130° 56.7 °F MONTEREY   --- --- --- 23-27 kt 150° 58.6 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   5.2 ft 6 sec 228° --- --- 57.6 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 21 kt 150° 57.9 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   1.3 ft 15 sec 353° --- --- 55.0 °F Point Sur, CA   6.2 ft 15 sec 299° --- --- 57.9 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   --- --- --- 17-19 kt 120° 59.2 °F Diablo Canyon, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 206° --- --- 58.1 °F SANTA MARIA   --- --- --- 16-17 kt 170° 62.1 °F Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   4.3 ft 13 sec 182° --- --- 60.8 °F Harvest, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 193° --- --- 61.2 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 170° 60.1 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 4 kt 240° 60.4 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 200° --- --- 65.7 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 184° --- --- 66.6 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 192° --- --- 64.8 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- --- 8 kt 240° 63.1 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   3.6 ft 18 sec 170° --- --- 64.8 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 180° 63.0 °F San Pedro, CA   2.0 ft 18 sec 170° --- --- 66.0 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 18 sec 203° --- --- 66.7 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 187° --- --- 66.9 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 218° --- --- 66.6 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 196° --- --- 62.6 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 184° --- --- 67.1 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 232° --- --- 66.2 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 239° --- --- 66.4 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 185° --- --- 66.2 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 13 sec 274° --- --- 67.6 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.0 ft 17 sec 180° --- --- 66.4 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 241° --- --- 65.5 °F Point Loma South, CA   2.6 ft 17 sec 174° --- --- 67.6 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 250° 68.0 °F TANNER BANK   3.0 ft 13 sec 183° 0 kt --- 63.1 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 50° 72.5 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 50° 74.1 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 10-12 kt 160° 75.9 °F Hanalei, Kauai, HI   3.6 ft 7 sec 36° --- --- 78.3 °F WHOTS   --- --- --- 12 kt 120° 75.0 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   3.6 ft 7 sec 35° --- --- 74.5 °F Mokapu Point, HI   3.9 ft 7 sec 32° --- --- 76.3 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   2.6 ft 13 sec 198° --- --- 77.5 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   2.0 ft 13 sec 165° --- --- 78.1 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   4.3 ft 7 sec 48° --- --- 76.5 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   2.3 ft 13 sec 189° --- --- 79.0 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   4.3 ft 7 sec 75° --- --- 78.4 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 70° 78.6 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 90° 77.9 °F Tanapag, Saipan, NMI   6.6 ft 13 sec 4° --- --- 80.4 °F Backyard Buoys   2.3 ft 8 sec 265° --- --- --- Ipan, Guam   2.6 ft 13 sec 118° --- --- 81.0 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   4.9 ft 12 sec 196° --- --- 86.4 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   4.3 ft 12 sec 195° --- --- 86.2 °F Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

Orange County Big Island 48-hour Buoy Charts  -  San Diego Region Oceanside Offshore (CDIP 045) Yesterday Today 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Torrey Pines Outer (CDIP 100) Yesterday Today 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mission Bay West (CDIP 220) Yesterday Today 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Point Loma South (CDIP 191) Yesterday Today ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TANNER BANK (NOAA 46047) Yesterday Today 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 View all buoy charts  >> Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

Torrey Pines Outer Buoy  -  7-day Forecast Torrey Pines Outer buoy forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

Orange County Big Island Torrey Pines Outer Buoy  -  Swell Direction swell direction details Torrey Pines Outer buoy directional graphic courtesy of CDIP

 

Southern California Swell Model Southern California swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

San Diego Swell Model San Diego swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

La Jolla Tide Chart Tide chart courtesy of The University of South Carolina

 

Current Wind Conditions Wind map courtesy of U.S. Naval Air Weapons Center / Weatherflow

 

Cloud Cover Southern California satellite imagery courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

Tropical Storms Wundermap - East Pacific    Hurricane Archive Tropical storms map courtesy of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

 

Offshore Wave Height Forecast Offshore wave height forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

Marine Forecast FZUS56 KSGX 201927 CWFSGX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service San Diego CA 1227 PM PDT Mon Apr 20 2026 San Mateo Point to the Mexican border out 60 nm 1227 PM PDT Mon Apr 20 2026 .Synopsis for the far Southern CA coast... At 12 PM, a 1018 mb high was about 600 nautical miles southwest of Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and a 1003 mb low covered northwest Nevada. A 1005 mb low at the center of a storm system was about 200 nautical miles west of Cape Mendocino. Weak onshore flow will prevail into Tuesday, increase late Tuesday, peak Wednesday and Wednesday night, then gradually decrease Thursday and Friday. Conditions could be hazardous for small craft Wednesday into Thursday. Coastal Waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican Border and out to 10 nm- 1227 PM PDT Mon Apr 20 2026 TONIGHT Wind NW 10 kt this evening...becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. TUE Wind variable less than 10 kt...becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 4 seconds, W 2 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. TUE NIGHT Wind W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of showers. WED Wind NW 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds, W 3 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. WED NIGHT Wind NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 4 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. THU Wind S 10 kt...becoming W in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 4 seconds, W 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. THU NIGHT Wind W 10 kt in the evening...becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. FRI Wind variable less than 10 kt...becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. FRI NIGHT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. SAT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning. SAT NIGHT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican Border Extending 10 to 60 nm out including San Clemente Island- 1227 PM PDT Mon Apr 20 2026 TONIGHT Wind W 10 kt this evening...becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. TUE Wind variable less than 10 kt...becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. TUE NIGHT Wind W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. A slight chance of showers. WED Wind NW 10 to 15 kt...becoming 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds, NW 4 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. WED NIGHT Wind NW 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. THU Wind W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. THU NIGHT Wind W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 4 seconds, W 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. FRI Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. FRI NIGHT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. SAT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. SAT NIGHT Wind W 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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