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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 22 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 6AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (22 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (22 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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)
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212161611141414141713131616121515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)378361298298294129199183142100848882118118116969998259188210234174
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
0
SSE
10
N
10
W
15
NW
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
NW
0
ENE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononglassglassglassoncross-
on		onglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.27
10:31AM
1.52
11:55PM
1.33
11:16AM
1.30
12:33AM
1.40
12:15PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
0.56
5:19PM
-0.01
5:35AM
0.55
5:48PM
0.15
6:49AM
0.51
6:19PM
0.33
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:10-------5:12-------5:13--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------1--1--------------
Temp. °C151515151716151515151516161616161615151515151414
Feels °C (?)151516141514141414161517141515171615151412131212
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