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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 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
18.0° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1211111112111111111110101021211099202099919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169157116157171163116114112837773102220220128118108134186106108108179
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononcross-
on
ononglassonglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
1.19
11:18PM
1.73
12:28PM
0.99
11:57PM
1.69
1:53PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
-0.12
4:55PM
0.29
6:18AM
-0.11
5:22PM
0.45
7:25AM
-0.05
5:49PM
0.62
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--6:52-------6:50-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:00-------7:00-------7:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019212121201919192021212019181818182020191918
Feels °C (?)222219211920212019202120201920191818192019181918
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