• San Diego surf report: Surfline and La Jolla Surfing
• Southern California surf report: Wetsand
• San Diego County Predicted Swell Height plot, Predicted Swell Height map: and interpretation [CDIP]
• Coastal Data Information Project, Present Conditions [CDIP]
• Southern Californa nowCOAST: real-time coastal observations & forecasts [NOAA]
• San Diego Coastal Waters Forecast [NOAA]
• San Diego Coastal Ocean Observing System: gateway for up-to-date oceanographic, weather, & water quality data for San Diego coastal region [Clean Beaches Initiative]
• San Diego Marine Weather [NWS]
• National Weather Service, San Diego
• San Diego Water Temperature: two days of observations [NOAA]
• Beach Report Card: South County or North County [Heal the Bay]
• Beach Water Quality, San Diego County [Earth911]
• NODC Coastal Water Temperature Guide [NODC]

• Scripps Pier Tide Predictions: daily tidal curve, which you can click to advance the day [P Brueggeman]
• La Jolla (Scripps Pier) Tide Predictions tide curve, today OR select the days/year [NOAA CO-OPS]
• San Diego Tide Predictions: numerical tables, current year [NOAA CO-OPS]
• La Jolla (Scripps Pier) Tide Predictions & Observations plus water/air temperature[NOAA CO-OPS]
• San Diego Tide Predictions [Nautical Software]

  Select day: Today or Tomorrow
  Select unit type: Feet or Metric
  Select location: Point Loma San Diego, Quarantine Station San Diego (Broadway) National City, San Diego Bay Quivira Basin, Mission Bay Crown Point, Mission Bay La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf) Wilson Cove, San Clemente Island Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island Avalon, Santa Catalina Island Santa Barbara Island San Nicolas Island
  

• San Diego Tidal Current Predictions [Nautical Software]

  Select day: Today or Tomorrow
  Select unit type: Knots or Metric
  Select location: Point Loma Light, 0.8 nmi. east of San Diego Bay Entrance Ballast Point, south of Ballast Point, 100 yards north of Ballast Point, 0.55 nmi. north of Quarantine Station, La Playa North Island Harbor Island (east end), SSW of San Diego, 0.5 mile west of Airport CGS, 0.3 nmi. SE of B St. Pier (San Diego) G St. Pier (San Diego), 0.22 nmi. SW of Fifth Avenue Marina Entrance Coronado, off northeast end 28th St. Pier (San Diego), 0.92 nmi. SW 28th St. Pier (San Diego), 0.35 nmi. SW National City National City, WSW of Pier 12 Sweetwater Channel, southwest of
  

• Scripps Pier: WWW Tide and Current Predictor: current two day timeframe or select a longer timeframe [D Pentcheff & D Flater]

• City of San Diego Lifeguard Service: beaches, boating & ocean activities.
• Scripps Coastal Reserve
• La Jolla Fledermaus Scene includes canyon bathymetry [Kurt Schwehr]
• NCEX Nearshore [La Jolla and Scripps] Canyon Experiment Bathymetry and Topography
• SANDAG Shoreline Management Programs [SANDAG]
• San Diego scuba diving guides: Divebums; Jeff Kirk; SanDiegoDiving.com; Calif Wreck Divers
• Guide to the Artificial Reefs of Southern California [Calif Dept Fish & Game]
• California Shipwrecks [Calif State Lands Commission]
• San Diego CoastKeeper
• San Diego Waterfront
• San Diego Oceans Foundation
• Birch Aquarium at Scripps
• Chula Vista Nature Center
• Grunion run predictions: Grunion are found only along the coast of southern California & northern Baja California. Grunion come out of the water completely to lay their eggs in the wet beach sand on a few nights after the highest tide associated with each full or new moon. Here's more information on grunion [Calif Dept Fish & Game]
• California Harbor Master [State of Calif Dept of Boating & Waterways]
• Cal OCEAN: San Diego coverage [Calif Dept Fish & Game]
• Calif Fish & Game Laws & Regulations [Calif Dept Fish & Game]
• Astronomical Data including moon phases [NOAA CO-OPS]
• Phases of the Moon [US Naval Observatory]
• Sun and Moon Data for One Day in San Diego [US Naval Observatory]
  Year:   Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December   Day:
• Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year in San Diego [US Naval Observatory]
  Year:   Type of table: sunrise/sunset moonrise/moonset civil twilight nautical twilight astronomical twilight

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