Tippers surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 12 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tippers today?

The current surf forecast for Tippers at 3AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
W
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151515141414141414141471616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309387314305297229223226229226217207147203229229147144277246246246191191
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
5
W
20
WSW
15
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
S
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
WSW
5
S
0
S
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
1.73
6:47AM
1.84
7:52PM
1.86
7:34AM
1.89
8:12PM
2.02
8:21AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.03
1:24PM
0.46
1:43AM
0.81
1:51PM
0.48
2:22AM
0.58
2:20PM
0.53
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:16-------7:17-------7:19
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1----1------------------
Temp. °C171616161616171616161516161717171616161515161717
Feels °C (?)161414151512131111131315141414141416161515141415
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