Del Mar coastal overlook ↗
HDOnTap · about 6.9 km from the catalogue pin · video-page
Elevated coastal and beach panorama.
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Barnies surf forecast & spot guide
Surf, wind and tide context for Barnies, Encinitas. Read the spot profile, compare forecasts and open the same break in the atlas.
Forecast & tide at a glance
Regional wave height (Hs) · feet · Pacific time. Regional significant wave height is not the height breaking at the beach.
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A local contributor reports a very long, often slow wave that likes many swell directions but less souths. A core beta-test spot.
Also known as Barney’s · Barneys · Barnys · San Elijo Campgrounds.
- Break type
- Not yet documented
- Wave direction
- Left and right (firsthand)
- Reported difficulty
- Easy
- Bottom
- Mixed reef
- Reported swell preference
- Many directions work; south is less favorable
- Reported tide preference
- Not yet documented
About half a mile south of Traps, straight out from the base of the beach stairs. Exact stair set and takeoff await owner placement. Source note: a local contributor — firsthand names, relative locations and descriptions, 20 September 2026. Exact takeoff not placed. Regional assignment is a draft, not a geolocation.
Before paddling out: Peel direction, difficulty, bottom, tide window and size limits have not been established. Slow does not mean beginner-safe. Less favorable south swell does not mean it never works. A dude named Joel, watch out for him!
Access requires owner verification; no private-property permission inferred Owner-placed takeoff; not a survey
Firsthand contribution: Peter Ochabski. Descriptions remain personal observations, not surveyed measurements or validated forecast coefficients.
Camera references nearby
Del Mar · 17th Street ↗
City of Del Mar / HDOnTap · about 7.2 km from the catalogue pin · video-page
City beach-camera collection at 17th Street with multiple viewing directions.
Links to third-party camera pages, not owned feeds. Proximity does not confirm the camera sees this break. Playback and image freshness have not been verified by this page.
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