Point Loma surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 23 Apr 2026 PDT
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Point Loma surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point Loma sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Point Loma today?

The current surf forecast for Point Loma at 1PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (23 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (23 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

Table - waves today at Point Loma. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
1
W
7
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
12
0.4
W
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
201
266
266
263
186
172
169
167
167
167
165
163
149
141
101
101
101
99
99
98
96
90
85
66
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
0
NE
5
SE
10
SW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
off
glassy
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:55AM1.45m
5:20PM1.01m
3:32AM1.35m
6:08PM1.15m
5:00AM1.33m
6:43PM1.29m
Low Tide
10:04AM-0.06m
9:41PM0.82m
11:16AM-0.05m
11:29PM0.67m
12:11PM-0.04m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:09
6:09
6:07
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7:23
7:24
7:24
Temp °C
16
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
15
15
16
17
16
16
15
14
15
13
14
14
14
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
W
6
1.1
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.1
W
7
1
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.9
W
7
0.9
W
7
1
W
6
1
W
7
0.9
WNW
7
0.9
W
7
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
Energy kJ
74
104
142
147
117
97
79
61
43
42
44
62
81
83
77
70
79
86
75
70
96
90
85
49
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.4
W
16
0.3
W
15
0.3
W
15
0.4
W
14
Energy kJ
201
266
266
263
186
172
169
167
167
167
165
163
149
141
101
101
101
99
99
98
77
39
39
66
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
11
0.4
WSW
16
0.4
WSW
16
0.3
W
14
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
W
12
0.3
W
14
0.3
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.3
W
14
0.3
WSW
14
0.3
WSW
14
0.2
WSW
15
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
16
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
W
12
0.3
W
12
0.2
WSW
13
Energy kJ
48
84
84
33
37
36
28
27
36
34
58
35
41
41
21
30
30
30
30
44
17
11
26
17
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
Energy kJ
51
47
35
31
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Distance (km)
0
0
1
140
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
166
281
50
0
0
0
0
0
614
614
333
232
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
3
1
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
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