North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am 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 2PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)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
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
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
Period(s) (?)15151319191912121818181716161616816161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)877698266263177367303395395390287257254326412326322236215212209272209
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononononononcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
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)
7:22AM
-0.25
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
Fri
24
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:09-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:23-------7:23----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717181817171616171616161616151617171817171616
Feels °C (?)161514161615151414141112131415141416151615161615
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