Tourmaline surf break

Tourmaline surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 30 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tourmaline today?

The current surf forecast for Tourmaline at 4AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121212171616161619181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4743613503452772431871872392352282242122643344063061016143617191389168818091606
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
5
NE
5
NE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.22
7:27AM
2.07
9:05PM
1.30
8:13AM
2.08
9:37PM
1.36
8:55AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.55
2:57PM
-0.54
2:22AM
0.44
3:33PM
-0.52
3:07AM
0.36
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------5:20-------5:21-------5:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212223252523221919202019181818171717181817
Feels °C (?)202019171820212019191817181817161717161615161516
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