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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 12 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
16.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 2AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 12). 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 (13 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (13 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (13 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101716161616161515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35015311712111911511083180170264234644288392382348334371366366293281261
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SSE
10
SW
5
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
S
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassoffglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
1.02
6:12AM
1.58
8:18PM
1.07
6:50AM
1.69
8:35PM
1.12
7:24AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.79
1:38PM
-0.15
12:42AM
0.69
2:05PM
-0.22
1:16AM
0.59
2:30PM
-0.27
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------5:31-------5:32-------5:34
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151516161616151515141616161515151514151615
Feels °C (?)111112131415131415131514131614141414141414141413
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