La Jolla Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.85° N 117.27° W

La Jolla Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's La Jolla Cove sea temperature is
23.3°C
5.1° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for La Jolla Cove at 7PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 30). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 20s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (30 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
SW
9
0.3
SW
9
1.3
SSW
14
0.2
WNW
12
0.2
WNW
12
0.3
W
5
0.3
W
4
0.2
W
4
0.2
WNW
12
1.3
SSW
16
0.2
WNW
15
0.4
WSW
9
0.3
SW
10
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
16
0.2
WNW
13
0.6
WNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
34
17
13
0
14
14
4
4
1
14
0
21
29
14
24
24
24
17
20
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
S
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
0
ENE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:59AM1.79m
3:39AM1.02m
1:11PM1.63m
5:01AM1.13m
2:47PM1.50m
Low Tide
8:02PM-0.08m
6:30AM0.96m
9:22PM-0.02m
8:52AM0.98m
10:33PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
6:00
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:59
—
—
—
—
—
—
4:58
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
3
2
1
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
20
20
20
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
18
19
20
20
20
Feels °C
18
19
20
19
20
20
19
20
19
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
18
17
16
17
  • 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