Hennemans surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 15 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hennemans today?

The current surf forecast for Hennemans at 9AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)181716161515141414141313131414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158293251318470434329320320320259272163302297284280219209151146141103101
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NE
5
SE
0
E
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
1.71
8:38PM
1.05
7:08AM
1.78
9:00PM
1.10
7:43AM
1.85
9:24PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.77
2:18PM
-0.16
1:10AM
0.73
2:47PM
-0.23
1:46AM
0.67
3:16PM
-0.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019212119191918181820211919191919192021212222
Feels °C (?)181717181717181816161618181617171717171718171819
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