Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.87° N 117.26° W

North Scripps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Scripps sea temperature is
23.2°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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 9PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Sun morning). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
2 PM
5 PM
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)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
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
1
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
539
683
580
519
506
493
566
474
393
455
544
544
428
367
367
448
553
596
705
582
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
20
WNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:32PM1.62m
8:52AM1.75m
9:15PM1.54m
9:17AM1.80m
9:56PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:30PM0.20m
2:38AM0.12m
3:10PM0.08m
3:05AM0.24m
3:48PM0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
25
24
23
24
23
23
23
25
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
24
23
23
22
22
Feels °C
25
25
24
25
24
24
24
25
23
24
24
23
23
23
23
25
24
22
23
22
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