Tourmaline Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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Tourmaline Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 17.9 °C

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Sunday, 19 May 2013, 14:44 Local time

m, °C	Sunday 19
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	on

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Tourmaline in San Diego County is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Beware of .

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For Crown Point, Mission Bay, California, 4 miles from Tourmaline.

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Live Weather:

At BUOY-LJAC1, 7 km from Tourmaline.

light winds from the W

km/h

Air temperature
17.2 °C

Current weather near Tourmaline

Buoy Data:

At San Clemente Basin Buoy, 50 miles from Tourmaline.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	17	8	8	8

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Overall Tourmaline Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Tourmaline: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Hennemans	0 mi
Second closest break	Pacific Beach Point	0 mi
Third closest break	Birdrock	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Diamond Street	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Tourmaline:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	50 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	122 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	134 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	179 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	180 mi
Tide stations nearest to Tourmaline:
Closest tide station	Crown Point, Mission Bay	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Quivira Basin, Mission Bay	4 mi
Third closest tide station	La Jolla, Scripps Pier	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	San Diego, Quarantine Station	7 mi
Fifth closest tide station	San Diego	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Tourmaline:
Closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	98 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	99 mi
Third closest ski area	Big Bear Mountain (United States)	101 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	101 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Bear Mountain (United States)	106 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Tourmaline:
Closest city location	San Diego (United States)	6 mi
Second closest city location	National City (United States)	13 mi
Third closest city location	La Mesa (United States)	14 mi
Fourth closest city location	Encinitas (United States)	16 mi
Fifth closest city location	Spring Valley (United States)	16 mi

The closest passenger airport to Tourmaline is San Diego International Lindbergh Fld Airport (SAN) in USA, 11 km (7 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Tourmaline is Miramar Mcas Airport (NKX), also in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away.
Third is North Island Nas (San Diego) Airport (NZY) in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away.
General Abelardo L Rodriguez International (Tijuana) Airport (TIJ) in Mexico is 41 km (25 miles) away.
John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Tourmaline and is 111 km (69 miles) away.

Tourmaline break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Tourmaline, CAL - San Diego County. Use the tab navigation above to view Tourmaline sea temperature, Tourmaline photographs, Tourmaline detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Tourmaline webcams, current wind from CAL - San Diego County live weather stations and Tourmaline tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Tourmaline.

Tourmaline Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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