Hennemans surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hennemans today?

The current surf forecast for Hennemans at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413171713131314161616151515141414151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169167167167208144159168115112111211344306245242226217214214214217214167
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
W
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SW
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
1.47
9:09PM
1.87
9:57AM
1.39
9:41PM
1.96
10:46AM
1.28
10:16PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
-0.12
3:15PM
0.11
4:05AM
-0.27
3:46PM
0.21
4:50AM
-0.36
4:18PM
0.34
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:18-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:20-------7:21--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516171717161616161718181817171716171819181818
Feels °C (?)151516161515151414141517151616171716171617151717
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