La Jolla Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.85° N 117.27° W

La Jolla Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's La Jolla Cove sea temperature is
21.3° C
2.3° 

La Jolla Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at La Jolla Cove today (08 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for La Jolla Cove at 7PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 08). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)--
Afternoon (08 Jul)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.1
W
8
1.1
W
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
1
W
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.6
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
173
173
145
145
183
240
258
232
211
181
176
144
141
141
132
123
120
101
106
78
78
57
57
57
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:26PM1.60m
6:00AM0.86m
5:19PM1.74m
7:32AM0.92m
6:12PM1.89m
8:33AM1.01m
Low Tide
00:00AM0.28m
10:12AM0.64m
1:02AM0.03m
11:20AM0.72m
1:54AM-0.19m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:00
8:00
7:59
7:59
 mm
Temp °C
18
19
18
18
18
17
18
19
20
20
19
19
18
18
19
20
20
20
19
19
18
18
19
20
Feels °C
17
19
18
19
19
18
19
18
19
20
19
20
18
19
19
18
18
19
19
20
19
19
19
19
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our La Jolla Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest