Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 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
18.0° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 12AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151616151515141414151414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302306245242226217214214214217214167162151147186186183142142140140138113
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
W
5
NNW
0
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
NW
5
N
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
1.96
10:46AM
1.28
10:16PM
1.99
11:42AM
1.15
10:56PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.21
4:50AM
-0.36
4:18PM
0.34
5:39AM
-0.38
4:52PM
0.48
6:34AM
-0.32
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-
Sunset-7:20-------7:21-------7:21------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161616161818181717171717181818171616161617
Feels °C (?)151515161717171716161716161617161616161516161615
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