North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 Mar 2026 PDT
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North Scripps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Scripps sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at North Scripps today?

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 1PM is: 0.7m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Afternoon (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Evening (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)212020191918191818181817161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)317517399502644399455677670632625632300669330661653540527487468462462381
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.56
8:48PM
1.21
8:03AM
1.62
9:06PM
1.32
8:40AM
1.65
9:26PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
-0.16
2:02AM
0.44
2:48PM
-0.19
2:38AM
0.28
3:12PM
-0.17
3:15AM
0.13
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:57-------6:58----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141717171717171718212120201920202023222222232321
Feels °C (?)151615161717171717191818191819191922202021212120
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