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La Jolla Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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La Jolla Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Jolla Cove 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 La Jolla Cove today?

The current surf forecast for La Jolla Cove at 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

Table - waves today at La Jolla Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
WNW
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)12111111111111116888999998161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28827826320220219114991112329473721929917662547363256234229582446353339
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SE
10
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
SW
15
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
10
W
10
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNW
15
NNW
15
NE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
1.28
11:17AM
1.51
1:03AM
1.31
12:10PM
1.24
1:51AM
1.35
1:21PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
0.63
6:15PM
-0.00
6:39AM
0.65
6:52PM
0.20
8:10AM
0.62
7:31PM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----4:58-------4:59-------5:00--
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
13511-------------------
Temp. °C161414161616161515151515161616151414131417181614
Feels °C (?)1514121514141412131413101010131211119101313119
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