Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) Surf Report & Forecast
Heavy bodysurfing shorebreak under the cove bluff.
Current conditions
2-3 ft
Fair-Good · surging
Modelled on real 10-foot bathymetry. These figures cover size, shape and wind. Whether the wave is makeable comes from the simulation.
- Swell
- 1.4 ft at 15s from the NNW
- Wind
- 2 mph N onshore
- Tide
- 1.5 ft
- Break depth
- 4 ft
- Power
- 2 kW/m
- Water
- 77°F · trunks
Updated Aug 26, 3:44 AM PDT · 3 swell trains · how this is calculated
How Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) is breaking right now
Solved in your browser from this spot’s seafloor and current swell
What the seafloor does to this wave
A cut straight out from Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove), solved on the real seafloor at this hour’s swell and tide.
Why Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) looks like this right now
The numbers above, and what each one is actually doing to the wave.
3 swells at once
1.4 ft at 15s from the NNW carrying 60% of the energy, plus 1.0 ft at 13s from the WNW (28%), plus 0.6 ft at 5s from the WNW (12%).
The long-period train is the one building your wave. It holds the most energy and reaches deepest. The shorter ones cross it, which is what makes the surface look busy and the takeoff shift around. Why period matters more than height →
The seafloor is neutral here
Kr 0.86 · 78% of modelled rays break.
Energy arrives roughly as it left deep water: this bottom neither concentrates the swell nor fans it out, so what the buoy sees is close to what you get. Why two breaks a mile apart differ →
Where it trips
1.5 ft of tide; waves are breaking in about 4 ft of water.
A wave breaks when the water gets shallow enough relative to its height, so that depth is a contour on the seafloor, and the tide slides the whole break up and down it through the day. Same swell, different spot, a few hours apart. How the tide moves the break →
Barely any wind
2 mph from the N, against a shoreline facing 350°.
Too light to shape the face either way. At this speed the wave's own texture wins, whatever the direction.
How the sets come
About one set every 3 min, roughly 11 waves in it.
Swell arrives in groups, not evenly. That spacing is what you are really timing your paddle-out to, and it's why the lineup can look flat for minutes and then produce five waves at once. Why period matters more than height →
Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) surf forecast, next seven days
Holding — 2.3–3.7 ft, no notable swell in the window
| Day | Surf | Best window | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 ft | 7am to 7pmGood | 1.5 ft at 15s NNW | 8 mph cross-shore | Low -0.4 ft 3amHigh 4.1 ft 9amLow 1.7 ft 2pmHigh 5.8 ft 8pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 6am to 7pmGood | 1.3 ft at 14s NNW | 8 mph offshore | Low -0.4 ft 3amHigh 4.3 ft 9amLow 1.5 ft 3pmHigh 5.8 ft 9pm | |
| 2-4 ft | 6am to 7pmGood | 1.5 ft at 17s NNW | 3 mph offshore | Low -0.3 ft 4amHigh 4.6 ft 10amLow 1.2 ft 3pmHigh 5.6 ft 9pm | |
| 3-4 ft | 8am to 5pmFair-Good | 1.9 ft at 18s NNW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low -0.0 ft 4amHigh 4.8 ft 10amLow 1.0 ft 4pmHigh 5.2 ft 10pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 8am to 5pmGood | 1.7 ft at 15s NNW | 6 mph cross-shore | Low 0.3 ft 4amHigh 5.1 ft 11amLow 0.9 ft 5pmHigh 4.6 ft 11pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 11am to 5pmFair-Good | 1.3 ft at 14s NNW | 8 mph cross-shore | Low 0.8 ft 5amHigh 5.2 ft 11amLow 0.8 ft 6pmHigh 4.0 ft 11pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 11amFair-Good | 1.9 ft at 13s NW | 10 mph cross-shore | Low 1.3 ft 5amHigh 5.3 ft 12pmLow 0.9 ft 7pm |
Daylight hours only. The best window is the run of hours the model rates highest that day.
How Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) works
A short, violent shorebreak that folds onto cobble below La Jolla Cove — a bodysurfing spot far more than a board wave. Faces almost due north, so it only wakes up on a NW/N angle that most of San Diego misses.
- Bottom
- sandstone reef and cobble below the cove
- Best tide
- mid
- Best swell
- NW–N
- Suits
- expert
Common questions about Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove)
- What is the best tide for Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove)?
- Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) works best on mid tide. Tide matters because depth is what trips a wave: as the water fills in, the break slides shoreward onto a different part of the bottom, and over a shallow bank enough water stops it breaking at all. Our forecast solves each hour at that hour's real water level rather than assuming one.
- What swell direction is best for Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove)?
- NW–N suits Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) best. The direction that matters is the one at the break, not the one on the buoy: the seafloor bends swell on its way in, so a spot can work on an angle the open coast is missing. We model that bending for each break rather than reporting the offshore direction.
- Is Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) good for beginners?
- Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) suits expert surfers, over sandstone reef and cobble below the cove. That is the wave this bottom makes on an average day, and it moves: the same break is a different proposition on a bigger swell or a different tide, so read the day's forecast rather than the label.
- What is the bottom like at Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove)?
- sandstone reef and cobble below the cove. It is the reason this break behaves the way it does: the shape of the seabed decides where the swell focuses, where it trips, and whether it spills or pitches. We model Boomer Beach (La Jolla Cove) on real 10-foot bathymetry instead of treating the seafloor as a slope.
Nearby breaks
- La Jolla Shores surf report · 1 ft
- Scripps Pier surf report · 1 ft
- Windansea surf report · 2-3 ft
- Bird Rock surf report · 2-3 ft
- Black's Beach surf report · 2 ft