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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Apr 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 2.4°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 8AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
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 (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)889910101010101055566699999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120101158181209184144133102102202021232018403939262625226
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
5
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
1.30
9:36PM
1.87
10:45AM
1.19
10:11PM
1.90
11:42AM
1.06
10:50PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
-0.27
3:21PM
0.23
4:29AM
-0.36
3:52PM
0.35
5:19AM
-0.38
4:25PM
0.48
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:16-------6:16-------6:15-----
Sunset-----7:20-------7:21-------7:21--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616171817171716161619191918181717181918181717
Feels °C (?)151415161515161816161618161717171616171815161516
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