North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
18.7° C
(Which is 3.3°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 6PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414131313131313131314667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55767675716664646463626161616184607086155206192215191
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
W
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
1.51
9:20PM
1.56
9:33AM
1.42
9:42PM
1.61
10:10AM
1.30
10:04PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
-0.05
3:31AM
0.02
3:30PM
0.07
4:06AM
-0.05
3:52PM
0.20
4:42AM
-0.07
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:07-------7:08----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C171919191918181818181818171716161616171716161616
Feels °C (?)171817192017181818171515151615151414151414151515
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