North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
17.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at North Scripps today?

The current surf forecast for North Scripps at 6AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (19 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (19 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.7
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111111114111411141414141513181110109131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)213213213209167164138121136183991317370696868126458377308700608531
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
SE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.80
9:15PM
1.10
8:01AM
1.80
9:55PM
1.06
8:28AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
0.62
2:49PM
-0.10
1:43AM
0.69
3:21PM
-0.12
2:06AM
0.74
3:57PM
-0.10
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:24-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1412443311--
Temp. °C141313151616161615151516161515141615151515161515
Feels °C (?)131111131312121313121414141212111313131313151414
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