Ponto Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

2-3FT

Observed

Thigh to waist

Smart Cam

Swell

2.9FT14s
SSW200º
1.1FT9s
W276º
0.7FT20s
SSW208º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

13KTSNW

14kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

1.7FT

Temperature

64°F

spotName Wind & Weather
73ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Kevin Wallis

North San Diego Forecast

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Today

Still nice size off fading swell, largest in the morning. Clean this AM with clouds. Light PM bump.

Dawn-10am: Fading SSW swell, along with a little lingering NW swell, still has widespread surf running waist-chest high in the morning with better breaks far north couty going head-high. Slow fade as the day goes on. Variable to weak onsore wind early for a mostly clean start. Light W wind crumble comes up mid-morning.

Afternoon Outlook: Moderate onshore lump in the afternoon. Manageable but more chatter than the past couple of days. Surf continues to slowly ease.

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Ponto Surf Guide

For years, this stretch of sand in South Carlsbad was indecipherable from the miles of other average beachbreak in the area. But, as some spots fade into obscurity over the years, others rise to center stage. Ponto is one case where the Army Corps of Engineers have done some good for the area's surfers, when they decided that the Batiquitos Lagoon needed to be opened up on a permanent basis. They constructed two large jetties that, since then, have proven to be a virtual sandbar factory. Newly f... Read more