North Scripps surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 12 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.8°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 5PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515151515151515141414141414141377161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)339334334339387387314305297226226226229226213204154147229229147144273249
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
W
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.30
7:38PM
1.21
6:54AM
1.37
7:54PM
1.34
7:38AM
1.41
8:14PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
-0.01
1:06AM
0.50
1:29PM
-0.03
1:44AM
0.29
1:56PM
-0.01
2:22AM
0.08
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:16-------7:17----
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--1-----11-------------
Temp. °C171818171717161616151616161615151617171716161615
Feels °C (?)151414141514131414111111121212141415141414151615
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