North Torrey Pines surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 PST
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North Torrey Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Torrey Pines sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at North Torrey Pines today?

The current surf forecast for North Torrey Pines at 4PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)181817171616161615151514141413131313131313181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190251344399457441435348339314305301297285257236181181178176170162240304
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
N
5
N
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
N
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
1.89
6:49PM
1.30
5:04AM
1.95
7:38PM
1.38
5:47AM
2.03
8:11PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
0.66
10:13PM
1.20
12:49PM
0.51
11:17PM
1.23
1:25PM
0.39
12:07AM
1.21
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:01-------5:02-------5:04----
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C171821202019181818192120191918181920222019201919
Feels °C (?)131417151715141414161615161616151617181617181716
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