8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Oceanside Pier
Wave
3.5 ft ft at 11s from S
Wind
2 mph N (variable)
Tide
Rising, 3.1 ft ft
Best window: Thursday AM, 1-2ft (knee-high), onshore wind.
Why ▸ building through Thursday.
The strongest upcoming surf calls across San Diego.
8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Oceanside Pier
Wave
3.5 ft ft at 11s from S
Wind
2 mph N (variable)
Tide
Rising, 3.1 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Swami's
Wave
3.5 ft ft at 12s from SSW
Wind
5 mph NW (variable)
Tide
Falling, 3.3 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Birdrock
Wave
3.5 ft ft at 11s from S
Wind
5 mph N (variable)
Tide
Rising, 3.3 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Ocean Beach
Wave
3.5 ft ft at 11s from S
Wind
5 mph NW (variable)
Tide
Rising, 3.2 ft ft
8:00 AM-12:00 PM looks worth it at Grandview Beach
Wave
3.4 ft ft at 11s from S
Wind
5 mph W (variable)
Tide
Rising, 3.2 ft ft
Reefs from Blacks to Big Rock. Fires on WNW groundswell; crowded when it's small.
Read the guideDawn patrol points, summer south swells, and the grind of Lowers on a Tuesday.
HB pier, Newport wedge, Trestles. Peaks year-round, offshore in the morning.
Cold water, big power. Mavericks looms; Ocean Beach eats boards and beginners.
Rincon is the winter groundswell magnet. Aguadilla, Domes, Tres Palmas on a NW pulse.
North Shore November through February. Summer south swells wrap to Waikiki's walls.
Heavy, cold, and uncrowded. Indian Beach for intermediates, Short Sands for the rest.
Steamer Lane when a NW fills in. Pleasure Point for glass, Davenport for size.
Rincon lights up on a winter W. Jalama for the brave, C-Street for the rest.
Hurricane season is Christmas. Sebastian and New Smyrna when the Atlantic wakes up.
Nor'easters turn the cape into barrels. S-turns sandbars shift every storm.
Manasquan to Cape May. Beach-break barrels when a NE hits and the banks line up.
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