California

San Diego Blacks Beach

beach

1.0Updated 33 min ago

San Diego Blacks Beach is a beach break in California. It faces west, and its optimal swell direction is west. Offshore winds blow from the east.

Swell height

3-4ft

Calibrated to CDIP's nearshore model

14s period

Swell

SSW

199°

Windcross

11 mph

NNW

Tide

—

Conditions

Mixed

swell mix · 31% wind sea

Scaled so its typical height matches CDIP's nearshore height at this spot. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

P1 (primary)

SSW

2.0ft

14s

68%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.1ft

19s

22%

P3 (tertiary)

0.8ft

11%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Swell height is a single best estimate; the tile at the top of the page gives its range.

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preference—

Crowdheavy

Optimal conditions

SwellW 268°

WindE offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC ljpc1

Hs1.0 ft

Tp11s

Dir—

Water—

Reading10/17/2026, 3:20:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

3.3

14s

SSW200°

5mphcross-on

1.7ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

3.2

14s

SSW193°

4mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

5am

3.1

14s

S190°

7mphcross-off

3.1ft↑

8am

3.3

18s

SSW198°

5mphcross-on

3.4ft↑

11am

3.1

13s

S183°

4mphcross

3.9ft↑

2pm

3.2

18s

SSW199°

8mphonshore

4.3ft↓

5pm

3.3

18s

SSW199°

4mphcross

3.8ft↓

8pm

3.4

17s

SSW199°

8mphoffshore

2.1ft↓

11pm

3.3

17s

SSW199°

7mphoffshore

1.0ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

3.2

17s

SSW199°

9mphcross-off

1.6ft↑

5am

3.3

17s

SSW199°

8mphcross-off

3.0ft↑

8am

3.4

16s

SSW198°

7mphcross

3.6ft↓

11am

3.5

16s

SSW198°

6mphonshore

3.6ft↑

2pm

3.6

16s

SSW199°

8mphonshore

3.9ft↑

5pm

3.8

16s

SSW198°

6mphcross-on

4.1ft↓

8pm

3.8

15s

SSW197°

5mphcross

2.9ft

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