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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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 11AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)111110101021211010920209999181818188888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112112777396220220128120841341868082828016115525225268513529
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
WSW
5
SE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
0
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.73
12:28PM
0.99
11:57PM
1.69
1:53PM
0.82
12:47AM
1.61
4:44PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
-0.11
5:22PM
0.45
7:25AM
-0.05
5:49PM
0.62
8:55AM
-0.01
6:09PM
0.77
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:00-------7:01-------7:02--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718202020181818181820201919181818182020201919
Feels °C (?)171819201820181919181920191920191819192019202020
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