Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 06 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 3AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)9121211111111101111117889999998161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8323221620515414914313814314137158337396676664529402356215137132131129
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
S
15
SW
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
5
SW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
10
WNW
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
1.33
11:20AM
1.57
12:57AM
1.34
12:12PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.37
1:17PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
-0.23
5:48AM
0.59
6:32PM
-0.04
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.17
8:17AM
0.61
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset-------4:58-------4:59-------5:00
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11621------------------
Temp. °C161715141516161616151515151516161615151413141718
Feels °C (?)1515121313151414141213141310101113131311991313
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