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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.7°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 1AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)9111111111199113444515555544444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6213395938662393968101929232221212019181010663
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
W
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglasscrossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
1.16
6:32AM
1.53
8:07PM
1.28
7:26AM
1.57
8:33PM
1.39
8:13AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
-0.19
12:39AM
0.62
1:34PM
-0.22
1:31AM
0.43
2:09PM
-0.20
2:15AM
0.26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-7:05-------7:06-------7:06------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717171818182121201918181918202021191818171719
Feels °C (?)171617171817161918171716161817181819181819171818
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