Sunset Cliffs Surf Forecast

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San Diego County, California

Ocean beach2-3ft Point Loma1-2ft Mission Beach (San Diego)2-3ft Pacific Beach1-2ft Old Man's at Tourmaline1-2ft

Current Conditions

Poor

Wave Height

1-2ft

ankle to knee high

Swell Period

15.6s

Wind

2mph

NW / Gusts 4mph

Conditions

Poor

Active Swells

Primary

1.2ft @ 16sSW

Secondary

0.7ft @ 11sSSW

Tertiary

0.5ft @ 13sS

Wind Swell

0.6ft @ 3sW

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Spot Guide

Break

Reef

Bottom

Rock

Level

Advanced

Crowd

Moderate

Best Swell

Best Wind

Season

Winter

Sunset Cliffs is a collection of exposed reef breaks scattered along Point Loma's dramatic sandstone cliff face, including named breaks like Ab's Reef, Pescadero, and Luscomb's. Access requires navigating cliff trails and long paddle-outs through kelp. The west-facing exposure picks up W and NW winter swells directly, and the thick offshore kelp bed naturally smooths wind chop. Low tide produces faster, hollower, more demanding waves.

Sharp limestone reef with urchinsCliff access — eroding sandstoneLong paddle-outs through kelpRocks at entry/exitIsolated breaks

Forecast Charts

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Daily Forecast

Thu, Mar 26Poor

Pretty quiet out there — 1-2ft and mostly poor with glassy conditions.

6am9am12pm3pm

16s SW|Calm

Fri, Mar 27Poor

First light looks cleanest — 2-3ft on WNW swell at 10s with calm winds. It gets a bit messier later in the day.

6am9am12pm3pm

10s W|Calm

Sat, Mar 28Poor

A slow one — 0-1ft waves and very poor conditions with glassy conditions.

6am9am12pm3pm

13s SW|Calm

Sun, Mar 29Fair

Get out early for the best of it — 2-3ft waves on SW swell at 11s and glassy conditions. Conditions go downhill through the afternoon.

6am9am12pm3pm

5s WNW|Calm

Mon, Mar 30Very Poor

Pretty quiet out there — 0-1ft and mostly very poor with calm winds.

6am9am12pm3pm

12s SSW|Calm

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