Rockpile surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 PDT
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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
17.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rockpile today?

The current surf forecast for Rockpile at 8PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)171717181817161616161616161515151414141414141416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135103107150192235254248201245242242236218174134132130128128203198151129
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.59
8:13AM
1.69
8:16PM
1.55
8:34AM
1.76
8:54PM
1.49
8:55AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.40
2:12AM
0.11
2:39PM
0.25
2:37AM
0.20
3:13PM
0.14
3:00AM
0.30
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset-6:14-------6:12-------6:10------
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. °C202019191919212322212021202020212121201920201921
Feels °C (?)181919191918202120202021191919191819191820191819
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rockpile (light winds from the NNE at La Jolla- CA 6 km from Rockpile). 0.5m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.1m 5s windswell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
NNE
Clean
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