North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)191818181818171616161616151515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)663672640672628614579525548551564537582406444407469415451338338391371377
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
SW
5
NW
10
W
15
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.21
6:02PM
1.69
8:06AM
1.31
7:01PM
1.76
8:32AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
-0.03
12:03PM
0.88
1:23AM
-0.09
1:03PM
0.72
2:02AM
-0.11
1:48PM
0.57
Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------6:53-------6:52-------6:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1-12112211-
Temp. °C212121212225232322222222212222212021222222222222
Feels °C (?)222222222326232323232323212422201821242424232223
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at North Scripps (light winds from the NNE at La Jolla- CA 1 km from North Scripps). 0.5m 18s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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8 km/h
NNE
Clean
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