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Rockpile Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Rockpile surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Rockpile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rockpile sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Rockpile today?
The current surf forecast for Rockpile at 10PM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (16 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Rockpile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 208 | 144 | 159 | 168 | 144 | 112 | 122 | 211 | 302 | 306 | 245 | 242 | 226 | 217 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 217 | 214 | 167 | 162 | 151 | 147 | 186 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:09PM 1.87 | 9:57AM 1.39 | 9:41PM 1.96 | 10:46AM 1.28 | 10:16PM 1.99 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:15PM 0.11 | 4:05AM -0.27 | 3:46PM 0.21 | 4:50AM -0.36 | 4:18PM 0.34 | 5:39AM -0.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
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