Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.87° N 117.26° W

North Scripps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's North Scripps sea temperature is
23.1°C
3.8° 

North Scripps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at North Scripps today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 5AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)20s

Table - waves today at North Scripps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 19°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
19
0.7
SSW
19
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
580
519
506
493
566
474
393
455
544
544
428
367
367
448
553
553
705
582
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
25
N
15
WNW
20
NNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
8:32PM1.62m
8:52AM1.75m
9:15PM1.54m
9:17AM1.80m
9:56PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:38AM0.12m
3:10PM0.08m
3:05AM0.24m
3:48PM0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
23
24
23
23
23
25
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
Feels °C
25
26
24
24
24
25
23
24
24
23
23
23
23
24
23
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