North Scripps Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.87° N 117.26° W

North Scripps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Scripps sea temperature is
23.2° C
3.6° 

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 (26 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 19s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 11AM is: 1.1m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)4ft (1.2m)19s
Afternoon (26 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)19s
Evening (26 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
19
1.2
SW
19
1.2
SSW
19
1.1
SW
19
1.1
SW
19
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
19
1.1
SW
16
1.2
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1100
1100
1004
855
819
727
719
915
915
915
1044
1056
1068
1166
625
735
789
998
998
1133
1107
907
818
808
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:38AM1.10m
7:57PM1.78m
9:59AM1.13m
8:31PM1.83m
10:21AM1.16m
9:04PM1.87m
Low Tide
2:52AM-0.05m
1:41PM0.83m
3:22AM-0.11m
2:17PM0.77m
3:50AM-0.14m
2:51PM0.72m
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:51
7:50
 mm
Temp °C
20
20
21
23
23
23
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
22
22
21
21
22
23
23
23
22
21
Feels °C
22
22
23
24
23
24
24
24
22
22
24
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
23
22
23
23
23
22
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our North Scripps surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest