A mellow Pacific Beach corner tucked under cliffs where longboarders and learners score forgiving, rolling peaks broken into three gentle rights and lefts. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Tourmaline in California.
Forecast
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Best shape is usually on southerly to southwest groundswells with light NE offshore breezes and a mid-rising to high tide window.
Old Man’s (north) is the mushiest, Channels (center) can offer more speed, and Pumphouse (south) breaks more like a normal beach peak.
The lineup is famously mellow but packs a punch on the odd big south or northwest swell and can be tightly crowded at the parking-lot access.
Watch for rip currents near the rockier north end.
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