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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 09 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
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 5PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515141414141413131313141414131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234229582475387339256249188183183118116110696867347379719995216
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
1.00
2:41AM
1.38
3:13PM
0.83
3:32AM
1.43
5:32PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.62
7:31PM
0.39
9:52AM
0.52
8:13PM
0.57
11:17AM
0.35
9:09PM
0.71
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:00-------5:00-------5:00----
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)
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Temp. °C121316171514141414152019181717161617212120181817
Feels °C (?)88121298898101413121112111113171616141413
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