Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 21 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
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
Period(s) (?)151414141313131313141212121210131414141417161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1571532031981762152152122121031341329898776170696969151918787
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
S
5
SW
0
SW
5
WSW
0
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
0
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassonglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
1.31
10:34AM
1.57
11:53PM
1.37
11:18AM
1.35
12:32AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
-0.18
4:57AM
0.51
5:40PM
-0.05
5:53AM
0.50
6:09PM
0.11
7:03AM
0.48
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-5:09-------5:10-------5:12------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C151515151515151617151515151515161616161515151516
Feels °C (?)151516151615161616131414151516161515151414141415
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