Tippers surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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Tippers surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tippers sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tippers today?

The current surf forecast for Tippers at 11AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121515151919191818181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15415115198106103138858386837776184266181157221395395395293260254
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NW
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
0
S
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
1.46
11:42PM
2.28
2:31PM
1.40
12:40AM
2.13
4:22PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.14
5:09PM
1.12
7:26AM
0.23
5:59PM
1.25
8:44AM
0.31
7:31PM
1.36
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:13-------6:11-------6:11-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161516181817171716161618181817171616161616161616
Feels °C (?)161517171615161715161615151515151312121212131314
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