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La Jolla Cove Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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La Jolla Cove surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.9°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 2PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Apr) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (21 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (21 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at La Jolla Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 14 | 22 | 98 | 86 | 115 | 113 | 367 | 303 | 270 | 209 | 254 | 153 | 94 | 112 | 192 | 292 | 300 | 220 | 146 | 117 | 79 | 82 | 88 | 109 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:26PM 0.87 | 12:34AM 1.63 | 4:25PM 0.91 | 1:53AM 1.48 | 5:40PM 1.03 | 3:33AM 1.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:22AM -0.25 | 5:47PM 0.74 | 8:41AM -0.16 | 7:14PM 0.85 | 10:04AM -0.12 | 9:43PM 0.85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Fri 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
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