Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 24 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 9PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)--
Afternoon (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (24 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
12
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
15
0.4
W
16
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SW
15
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
149
141
101
101
101
99
99
98
96
90
85
66
65
66
66
66
67
77
47
49
56
56
57
64
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
W
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
6:19PM1.23m
5:06AM1.39m
6:54PM1.37m
6:17AM1.39m
7:24PM1.50m
7:14AM1.38m
Low Tide
11:30AM-0.07m
11:46PM0.71m
12:26PM-0.05m
00:54AM0.50m
1:09PM-0.01m
1:45AM0.30m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
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6:07
6:07
6:05
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7:24
7:25
7:25
7:27
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
16
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
13
12
10
11
10
11
12
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
13
0.3
W
13
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
Energy kJ
81
64
61
56
47
47
49
51
96
90
85
49
49
49
48
48
48
48
47
49
56
32
57
64
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
13
0.4
W
16
0.3
W
15
0.3
W
15
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
14
0.4
W
15
0.4
W
16
0.3
W
14
0.3
W
13
0.3
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
Energy kJ
149
141
101
101
101
99
99
98
77
39
39
66
65
66
66
66
67
77
32
31
34
56
24
24
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
14
0.3
WSW
14
0.2
WSW
15
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
16
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
W
12
0.3
W
12
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
W
13
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
17
Energy kJ
41
41
21
30
30
30
30
44
17
11
26
17
17
17
17
16
15
21
34
34
30
24
35
47
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
4
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.8
W
5
0.8
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
Energy kJ
49
36
33
30
23
34
39
42
43
34
34
25
25
27
27
29
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
298
193
65
16
16
16
16
16
601
630
16
182
182
182
16
516
630
630
414
101
15
15
15
16
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
8
6
6
7
7
9
9
8
7
5
6
6
6
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