When will the power be back in San Marcos, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · San Diego County, California

1,387

customers reported out in San Diego, CA

Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.

Earliest posted restoration time (San Diego Gas & Electric): Oct 4, 3:00 AM PDT · 4 different times posted; the latest Oct 4, 5:00 AM PDT

County-wide restoration outlook: ~2.1 hr to restore, weighing the current pace (roughly 1,063 customers an hour) against past outages here

🎯 Likely 46 min–7 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have San Marcos-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 2:17 AM PDT.

801,387 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 16 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in San Marcos, CA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for San Marcos

San Marcos is a city of about 96,620 residents in San Diego County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for San Marcos by name, so this page reports the San Diego County county-wide view, which covers San Marcos. If a serving utility does name San Marcos during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in San Marcos:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around San Marcos: the closest other places we track are Vista, about 5 miles to the northwest; Escondido, about 6 miles to the east; Carlsbad, about 6 miles to the west; and Encinitas, about 8 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Oceanside (10 mi NW), Solana Beach (11 mi SW), Poway (14 mi SE), San Diego (21 mi S), Santee (22 mi SE), Temecula (25 mi N), El Cajon (26 mi SE) and La Mesa (27 mi S).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Murrieta (30 mi); northeast toward Palm Springs (59 mi); south toward Lemon Grove (29 mi); and northwest toward San Clemente (33 mi).

Who serves San Marcos?

We track live outage data from San Diego Gas & Electric in San Diego County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Imperial Irrigation District also serves parts of San Diego County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Recent outages tracked in San Marcos

San Marcos's last tracked outage began Sep 19, peaked at 337 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.

Sep 19 — 337 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Sep 11 — 25 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
Sep 8 — 2,064 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Aug 24 — 78 customers out, restored in 11 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of San Diego County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11.8 hr. The full record for San Diego County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in San Marcos, CA?

To check your own street, search a San Marcos ZIP code — 92069, 92078, 92079 or 92096 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Carlsbad · Chula Vista · Coronado · El Cajon · Encinitas · Escondido · Imperial Beach · La Mesa

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