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Point Loma surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.1° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)131212121212121818171616151514141313131313121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2091511461441031017110210113513018321815920625022917317116816611210577
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
0
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.74
9:17PM
1.08
8:10AM
1.77
9:44PM
1.12
8:42AM
1.77
10:12PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
-0.25
2:03AM
0.60
3:30PM
-0.27
2:39AM
0.55
3:59PM
-0.27
3:16AM
0.53
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202224242423222121212222202020201919191817171818
Feels °C (?)171819181919181717171717161717171617161616161717
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