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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 12 Jan 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 7AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)202018181717161616161615151414141313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79216377503576808859715706706554512485478472452408336307303303242238220
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
ESE
0
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
1.48
7:03PM
0.88
5:07AM
1.54
7:50PM
0.95
5:49AM
1.61
8:21PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
0.19
10:17PM
0.79
12:55PM
0.05
11:19PM
0.82
1:30PM
-0.07
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----5:01-------5:02-------5:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171617182020201918181819212119191918192021212020
Feels °C (?)131213141615161514141415161615151616161717171718
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