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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 27 Feb 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
16.1° 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 1PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
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 (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
Period(s) (?)77666677161616161688888596566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242331242020151741404041402534132011152540395476
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NW
10
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
WNW
0
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
1.71
7:43PM
1.16
6:32AM
1.80
8:09PM
1.26
7:19AM
1.83
8:35PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
-0.33
12:26AM
0.60
1:40PM
-0.37
1:14AM
0.44
2:14PM
-0.37
1:58AM
0.31
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:44-------5:45-------5:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232525242423222221232221191918181719191917171615
Feels °C (?)222322222322212121222020192018181719171716161614
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