Rockpile surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast 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
18.2° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
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
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131312121212121215191919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16215114718618618314214214014013811311313212412093122957273148148120
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
N
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
0
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.15
10:56PM
1.95
12:48PM
1.02
11:43PM
1.85
2:15PM
0.94
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
Sunrise--6:15-------6:13-------6:11-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:22-------7:22--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C171717181818171716161618181717171616161818181717
Feels °C (?)181717171616161715161616151415161415161515151513
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