North Scripps Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.87° N 117.26° W

North Scripps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Scripps sea temperature is
22.4°C
2.2° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 9AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (05 Sep)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 21°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.3
S
13
1.4
S
14
1.6
S
14
1.2
SW
16
1.7
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.9
S
14
1.9
S
14
1.9
S
14
1.9
S
13
1.9
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.9
S
13
1.3
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
14
2
SSW
14
2
SSW
13
2
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
666
657
609
725
929
729
991
771
1363
1363
1342
1285
1264
941
1207
678
1533
1526
1359
1299
1121
1104
977
916
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:22AM1.02m
4:44PM1.68m
7:45AM1.14m
6:01PM1.78m
8:11AM1.26m
7:02PM1.88m
Low Tide
11:38PM0.12m
9:52AM0.98m
00:42AM-0.03m
11:47AM0.90m
1:30AM-0.14m
12:54PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:08
7:07
7:06
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
21
24
24
24
24
23
23
23
23
26
25
25
24
23
23
23
24
26
25
25
25
24
Feels °C
22
21
21
23
23
22
23
22
23
22
21
24
24
25
25
24
24
25
26
27
24
25
24
24
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