North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515141414141413131313141414131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234229582475387339256249188183183118116110696867347379719995216
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
1.00
2:41AM
1.38
3:13PM
0.83
3:32AM
1.43
5:32PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.62
7:31PM
0.39
9:52AM
0.52
8:13PM
0.57
11:17AM
0.35
9:09PM
0.71
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---4:59-------5:00-------5:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121316171514141414152019181616161617212120181817
Feels °C (?)88121398899101414121011111113171616141413
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