North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 7PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.6
WNW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)13191919121218181811161616168161615151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98266263177192303395395390343257254326412326322236215212209272209206203
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SW
0
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
0.87
12:34AM
1.63
4:25PM
0.91
1:53AM
1.48
5:40PM
1.03
3:33AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.74
8:41AM
-0.16
7:14PM
0.85
10:04AM
-0.12
9:43PM
0.85
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:11-------6:09-------6:09-
Sunset-7:22-------7:23-------7:23------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171818171716161616161616151516171717171717161617
Feels °C (?)141615141514151311111314141414151515161717161515
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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