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Del Mar Rivermouth prone-foil area

California, United States · 32.9766, -117.2690

Prone Foiling Beginner on the smallest suitable days;
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guides & forecasts

conditions & access

Season

Small-wave days; rising tide at about 4.5 ft or higher

Water

River-mouth beachbreak / lagoon outflow

Experience

Beginner on the smallest suitable days; local tide knowledge required

Hazards

Falling-tide lagoon outflow, shifting sandbars, surfers and swimmers. A later forum reply reports possible dredging damage to the working bars; verify current foil depth and bank shape before treating this as a beginner option.

Parking & access

The forum post does not identify a parking lot; use a legal signed Del Mar beach access.

“Progression Project forum first-hand local report: the rivermouth works on small days at roughly 4.5 ft or higher tide, especially while the tide is rising; lagoon outflow makes the falling tide difficult. The pin is the broad rivermouth area, not a surveyed takeoff. A November 2024 Progression Project forum exchange calls Del Mar river mouth a formerly good beginner prone location, followed immediately by an unverified report that nearby dredging may have damaged the foilable bars. Current bank quality must be rechecked rather than inferred from older guidance. A separate Progression Project forum contributor learning prone foil near Encinitas reports doing most sessions at Del Mar Dog Beach and Tabletops, corroborating active prone-learning use of the broad rivermouth/Dog Beach area without adding tide or bank detail.”

— via Progression Project forum — complete public-topic research Progression Project forum — public topic and post research, last verified 2026-08-02

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Cofair Ave (0.45 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Cofair Ave (0.45 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/594141 wx.ikitesurf.com

Tides

NOAA CO-OPS Tide predictions — station 9410230 Nearest tide station, 12 km from the launch. tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov

Local guides

forum.progressionproject.com Del Mar Rivermouth prone-foil area https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/san-diego-california/479/1 https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/beginner-looking-for-help-demo-in-san-diego/7 forum.progressionproject.com forum.progressionproject.com Del Mar Rivermouth prone-foil area https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/san-diego-california/479/1 https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/beginner-looking-for-help-demo-in-san-diego/7 forum.progressionproject.com forum.progressionproject.com Del Mar Rivermouth prone-foil area https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/san-diego-california/479/1 https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/beginner-looking-for-help-demo-in-san-diego/7 forum.progressionproject.com

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