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Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 22 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 9PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.5
SW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)131412121212101314141414171616161615151511151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2121031341329898776170696969151918787179119118163114109107150
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
WNW
10
NE
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.57
11:53PM
1.37
11:18AM
1.35
12:32AM
1.43
12:15PM
1.09
1:19AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
-0.05
5:53AM
0.50
6:09PM
0.11
7:03AM
0.48
6:41PM
0.29
8:36AM
0.42
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-5:10-------5:12-------5:13------
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C161515151515151516161615151515151515151514141415
Feels °C (?)151314151516151415141514141514141314141413131315
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