California

Del Mar Beach

beach

2.0Updated 36 min ago

Facing west, Del Mar Beach is a beach break in California. The optimal swell comes from the west, and the offshore wind is from the east.

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Swell height

2.4ft

Model estimate

14s period

Swell

SSW

199°

Windonshore

2 mph

WNW

Tide

—

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 29% wind sea

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Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

2.0ft

14s

68%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.1ft

19s

22%

P3 (tertiary)

0.8ft

11%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preference—

Crowdmoderate

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 252°

WindE offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46266

Hs2.0 ft

Tp13s

DirWSW

Water72°F

Reading10/17/2026, 2:26:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.5

14s

SSW200°

5mphcross-on

1.7ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.6

14s

SSW193°

6mphcross

2.1ft↑

5am

2.4

19s

SSW198°

6mphcross-on

3.1ft↑

8am

2.8

18s

SSW198°

8mphoffshore

3.4ft↑

11am

2.7

18s

SSW199°

1mphoffshore

3.9ft↑

2pm

2.7

18s

SSW199°

11mphcross-on

4.3ft↓

5pm

2.7

18s

SSW199°

11mphcross

3.8ft↓

8pm

2.8

17s

SSW199°

13mphcross

2.1ft↓

11pm

2.8

17s

SSW199°

11mphcross

1.0ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

3.1

17s

SSW199°

4mphcross-off

1.6ft↑

5am

3.1

17s

SSW199°

6mphcross-off

3.0ft↑

8am

3.1

16s

SSW198°

5mphoffshore

3.6ft↓

11am

3.1

16s

SSW198°

6mphonshore

3.6ft↑

2pm

3.2

16s

SSW199°

7mphonshore

3.9ft↑

5pm

3.3

16s

SSW198°

7mphcross

4.1ft↓

8pm

3.5

15s

SSW197°

4mphcross

2.9ft

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CDIP MOP data for this spot courtesy of CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.