Tippers Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Tippers surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 17.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tippers today?

The current surf forecast for Tippers at 6PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	12	12	12	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	82	49	73	47	54	89	130	181	188	147	204	207	270	305	271	261	258	258	255	255	248	199	191	188
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	ESE	W	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	N	NNE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:47PM 1.88				7:48AM 1.91				7:34PM 1.88					8:10AM 1.99				8:15PM 1.85				8:30AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02PM 0.95				1:19AM 0.42				1:43PM 0.78				1:49AM 0.49					2:18PM 0.63				2:15AM 0.58

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	20	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	16	17	17	18	17	17	19	19	19	18	20	18	19	18	18	21	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Tippers (light winds from the W at Carlsbad Airport 13 km from Tippers). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.1m 18s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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