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North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 12PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.9
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)6889999999916161616151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13633747311551236972878758554315237229582441469339256249242183163118116110
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
5
WNW
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.31
12:10PM
1.24
1:51AM
1.35
1:21PM
1.00
2:41AM
1.38
3:13PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.65
6:52PM
0.20
8:10AM
0.62
7:31PM
0.39
9:52AM
0.52
8:13PM
0.57
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----4:59-------4:59-------5:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151515161514141314171716151414141520201917
Feels °C (?)151412119101312121191013121210999914151412
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