Old Man's at Tourmaline Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

1-2FT

Observed

Knee to thigh

Smart Cam

Swell

1.9FT15s
SW223º
3.1FT7s
W276º
1.4FT11s
SSW196º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

8KTSWSW

8kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

5.2FT

Temperature

68°F

spotName Wind & Weather
65ºF

2mm wetsuit

Kevin Wallis

South San Diego Forecast

Kevin Wallis •

Today

Jumbled mix of swells with onshore wind bump this PM. Onshore wind eases this evening.

Afternoon Outlook: For the late afternoon and especially this evening, wind should back down some and conditions should improve. Unlikely to be a full clean up, but improving from earlier in the day. Still good size swell mix - broken up and lumpy but doable. Plenty of peaks at the beachbreaks, will just need to deal with some bump for a while.

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Old Man's at Tourmaline Surf Guide

Found at the end of Tourmaline street, Old Man's provides ample parking and gentle waves for a mixed crowd of longboarders and beginners.

As a social gathering place, and center of a community, the parking lot and beach at the end of Tourmaline Street is something to be cherished -- old friends, old stories, old boards, and a brand-new sunset every night. The atmosphere here is the antithesis of the aggro jostling going on just a quarter of a mile away at the Crystal Pier. The people... 
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