North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Wed
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02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1313131313145666778811112020191918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61616184607043101134139161160207159297245187276354336407408404390
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
N
5
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
5
SW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassglassonononcrossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.61
10:10AM
1.30
10:04PM
1.62
10:48AM
1.18
10:26PM
1.61
11:28AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
-0.05
3:52PM
0.20
4:42AM
-0.07
4:12PM
0.34
5:18AM
-0.05
4:30PM
0.46
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161616171716161615151720201918181919222120
Feels °C (?)161615151314141514161615151617171818181817191718
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