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Hennemans surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Hennemans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hennemans sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hennemans today?

The current surf forecast for Hennemans at 3PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)89999999881616161615151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3077329097836505174212631731001318412712217916115510710610668664142
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.37
1:17PM
1.05
2:36AM
1.40
2:54PM
0.85
3:28AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.17
8:17AM
0.61
7:48PM
0.37
9:56AM
0.52
8:30PM
0.55
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---4:59-------5:00-------5:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151615141413131617161414141415202018171616
Feels °C (?)11108101312111198121211999810141412121111
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