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Turtles surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 13 Mar 2026 PDT
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Turtles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Turtles sea temperature is
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Turtles today?

The current surf forecast for Turtles at 7AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161514141414222222212020202020201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)476333329248322318242304204204218218263263263260314253336517403395608503
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
0
S
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on		ononglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
1.81
8:25PM
1.54
6:40AM
1.93
8:34PM
1.62
7:22AM
2.03
8:48PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.37
1:26PM
0.47
12:50AM
1.25
1:55PM
0.37
1:27AM
1.11
2:21PM
0.31
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:55-------6:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222224272624222019191720211917171616161921191817
Feels °C (?)212122242322211919191719191817171616161920181818
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