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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 01 Feb 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 6AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (01 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (01 Feb)5ft (1.6m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
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
3
0
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121817161616151918171616161616151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303322325469457534419188521682239226923682365233520021749149912941127939803758632522
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
ESE
0
E
5
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
2.02
9:39PM
1.30
8:51AM
1.95
10:11PM
1.35
9:32AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
0.50
3:14PM
-0.47
2:42AM
0.43
3:48PM
-0.38
3:28AM
0.38
4:20PM
-0.25
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:41-----
Sunset-----5:21-------5:22-------5:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020212019181817171718181818171818181920202020
Feels °C (?)181817191718181816161616161617171717171717161817
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