Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 1AM is: 0.3m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)131320201818181716161616161515141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435980129174251318476437416411411324300284280276269243225222219168166
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NE
0
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
0.80
4:20AM
1.49
6:57PM
0.87
5:08AM
1.55
7:45PM
0.94
5:52AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26PM
0.69
12:29PM
0.20
10:35PM
0.77
1:12PM
0.06
11:38PM
0.80
1:47PM
-0.06
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:01-------5:02-------5:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191817171718202020191818191921201919191819202121
Feels °C (?)151412131314161516151414151517151515161616171717
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