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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.5°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 12PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)10920209998181818188888171616168888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12386134186768079521591992522522930313023221420820812202320
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
W
0
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
0
SW
0
WNW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
1.69
1:53PM
0.82
12:47AM
1.61
4:44PM
0.77
2:01AM
1.50
6:54PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
-0.05
5:49PM
0.62
8:55AM
-0.01
6:09PM
0.77
10:36AM
-0.04
8:54PM
0.89
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:46-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:02-------7:04--
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. °C161616191919181817171820202019181819202221201919
Feels °C (?)161617191818191918181920192020191919202119191819
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