Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 5PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141414161616161614161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)328330312301306292308306306324327312353382295289270309373336363320306300
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
1.31
7:56PM
2.00
9:31AM
1.39
8:41PM
2.02
9:58AM
1.45
9:20PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
0.67
3:22AM
-0.28
2:53PM
0.55
3:56AM
-0.26
3:33PM
0.46
4:26AM
-0.19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:27-------7:25----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192121212122212122232322222222222324242323222222
Feels °C (?)212121212223222223232322232323232424232324242324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tourmaline (calm at La Jolla- CA 7 km from Tourmaline). 0.6m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.2m 5s windswell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
NW
Clean
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