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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 03 May 2025 PDT
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Cardiff Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 9AM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (03 May)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (03 May)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

Hourly12 Days
San Diego County Surf
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Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
W
2.1
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181817168991010101013121212121212121616161616161619191515151818181817171716161616161616151515151515141414141818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)316395486486390377339336645972119411479386251012833805786786690529446397397291402407412339584428295242242283399491637386459243298295407371295288387348339242188188188239239239236418322
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
5
WNW
5
W
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassonglassglassglassonononcross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
1.94
5:19PM
1.56
3:03AM
1.79
6:05PM
1.67
4:33AM
1.71
6:38PM
1.77
5:47AM
1.67
7:03PM
1.86
6:45AM
1.66
7:26PM
1.94
7:34AM
1.65
7:46PM
2.02
8:18AM
1.64
8:06PM
2.09
9:00AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
0.39
9:29PM
1.37
10:46AM
0.45
11:15PM
1.25
11:39AM
0.50
12:21AM
1.08
12:20PM
0.56
1:08AM
0.90
12:54PM
0.64
1:46AM
0.74
1:22PM
0.72
2:20AM
0.59
1:49PM
0.80
2:52AM
0.46
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:00-------5:58-------5:58-------5:56-------5:56-------5:54-------5:54-------5:52-
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34-------7:34-------7:35-------7:36-------7:37------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415161716151413131315151515141414141517161515151415171717161515151518191817161616172020191717171718201919171716161719
Feels °C (?)1413131414141211810910111313121313131315131314141314151415151515151416161616151616161818171716171718181717171716161617
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