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Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tourmaline today (29 May):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (29 May, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 May, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 May, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (29 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Evening (29 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Tourmaline. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 22 | SW 22 | SW 22 | SW 22 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | |
144 | 144 | 151 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 155 | 151 | 149 | 151 | 155 | 131 | 123 | 127 | 229 | 227 | 227 | 358 | 328 | 469 | 459 | 455 | 730 | 708 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 9:33AM1.09m | 8:31PM1.82m | 10:12AM1.08m | 9:00PM1.82m | 10:50AM1.06m | 9:30PM1.80m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:32AM-0.14m | 2:30PM0.61m | 4:04AM-0.19m | 3:00PM0.66m | 4:38AM-0.20m | 3:30PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 5:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | |
1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | SW 19 |
144 | 144 | 151 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 155 | 151 | 149 | 151 | 155 | 39 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 145 | 195 | 200 | 251 | 260 | 221 | 708 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 22 | SW 22 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | W 11 |
85 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 131 | 123 | 87 | 83 | 227 | 227 | 358 | 328 | 469 | 459 | 455 | 730 | 181 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 17 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | SW 22 | SW 22 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | WNW 12 | SSW 12 |
31 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 127 | 229 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 66 | 129 | 177 | 56 | 28 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | 19 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 269 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 129 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
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