Tippers surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tippers today?

The current surf forecast for Tippers at 4PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131616161687161616181818181815151516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168166121125163208208208159211211274444547491547491188393493532635643539
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
NW
0
ESE
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassglassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
1.72
3:18AM
1.67
7:28PM
1.53
4:52AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.69
10:46AM
0.67
11:45AM
0.60
11:34PM
1.38
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:14-------7:14-------7:15----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------121
Temp. °C161919191817171717191919181817171719191918171616
Feels °C (?)171818181916161716181718181917181818171717161514
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