San Diego Surf Forecast – Playful surf continues on Tuesday

Tuesday will be playful as our current swell mix continues. Overall it won’t be spectacular or anything...and you are going to need to have some exposure to the S-SSW swell mix but there will a few fun waves at the better summer spots and winds should be relatively light for most of the morning as well.



Our swell will be a mix of overlapping S-SW swells (180-210) and some background NW windswell.

Most spots will be in the knee-waist high range with some waist high+ sets on the lower tides. The standout S-SW facing spots, mostly through North San Diego, will have waist-chest high surf with some less consistent shoulder high sets.

Winds will be light and variable through the morning before turning NW around 10-14 knots for the afternoon. Our weather may be a bit funky though...the forecast charts are calling for more of that unstable funkiness we had last week...so there is a chance for scattered thunderstorms (mostly up around the mountains and the desert.)

The windswell has definitely come up a notch compared to the weekend...so shape is a little more broken up and I expect that to continue into tomorrow. Points and reefs will still likely be the best call...but the beach breaks will be a solid second choice...particularly spots that have some good sand and can handle a little higher tide as it fills in through midmorning. Oh and the water is freezing...felt like upper 50’s...bring your fullsuit.

Here are the tides...

05:26AM LDT -0.6 L
12:01PM LDT 3.4 H
04:14PM LDT 2.5 L
10:22PM LDT 5.5 H

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Adam Wright
Surf Forecaster
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