Big Rock surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 23 Aug 2025 PDT
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Big Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big Rock sea temperature is
22.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Big Rock at 1PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (23 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (23 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

Table - waves today at Big Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tue
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141414142020202014191818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)424414355283277325405404401360379361359439468442389392426397475484436416
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.43
9:55PM
1.83
10:52AM
1.47
10:30PM
1.69
11:17AM
1.49
11:06PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.45
4:35AM
-0.04
4:28PM
0.42
5:00AM
0.09
5:07PM
0.41
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tue
26
Sunrise6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:23-------7:22----
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C202221222121212122232223222121212123222221212020
Feels °C (?)222421232022222223242123222222222224222222222121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Big Rock (light winds from the NNW at La Jolla- CA 5 km from Big Rock). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 8s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 13 min ago

15 km/h
NNW
Cross-On
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