Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.0°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: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
W
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)15151515151414141414141317171391314151616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174220106136136214169167167167208144159168115122111214302306245242226217
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
20
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
1.50
8:40PM
1.74
9:10AM
1.47
9:09PM
1.87
9:57AM
1.39
9:41PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.03
3:23AM
-0.12
3:15PM
0.11
4:05AM
-0.27
3:46PM
0.21
4:50AM
-0.36
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151716161615151515171717171716161718181717171616
Feels °C (?)141614131614151515161515161614141617151517171616
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