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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 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 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
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
Period(s) (?)111112111111111110101021211099202099991818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161571711631161141128377731022202201251188413418682848279161155
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
SSE
10
W
25
W
5
W
10
W
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
1.19
11:18PM
1.73
12:28PM
0.99
11:57PM
1.69
1:53PM
0.82
12:47AM
1.61
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
Tue
24
Sunrise6:52-------6:50-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------7:01----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182021202019191819202020191819181820202019181818
Feels °C (?)192020202120191920191720181919181920192019191819
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