Rockpile surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rockpile today?

The current surf forecast for Rockpile at 6PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
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
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313121212121212151919191812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147186186183142142140140138113113132124120931221247273148148120107220
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassonononcross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.15
10:56PM
1.95
12:48PM
1.02
11:43PM
1.85
2:15PM
0.94
12:41AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
-0.38
4:52PM
0.48
6:34AM
-0.32
5:30PM
0.62
7:39AM
-0.23
6:21PM
0.76
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise6:15-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:22-------7:22----
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171818181717161616181817171716161618181817171616
Feels °C (?)181717161617161617171514151615151516151515141313
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