Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Tourmaline surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tourmaline sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 5AM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
W
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)17171313914151616151515141414151414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)159168144112125211302306245242226217214214214217214167162151147186186183
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
1.87
9:57AM
1.39
9:41PM
1.96
10:46AM
1.28
10:16PM
1.99
11:42AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
-0.27
3:46PM
0.21
4:50AM
-0.36
4:18PM
0.34
5:39AM
-0.38
4:52PM
0.48
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:15---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:21-------7:21
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161617181817171616161919191818171717191818
Feels °C (?)151515141416151616171616171717171717161616181516
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