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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 19 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
2.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)12121212126889988877101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104594074863649436678499413211230720472292209139116801631229267615940
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
0
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
1.42
9:44AM
1.57
10:29PM
1.49
10:26AM
1.38
11:00PM
1.54
11:15AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.26
4:09PM
-0.06
4:31AM
0.22
4:35PM
0.10
5:25AM
0.21
5:00PM
0.28
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----5:37-------5:37-------5:38--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----311----------------
Temp. °C131313141414131312131313131313131211111314141414
Feels °C (?)9889775546677891110891111101111
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