Cardiff Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.06° N 117.31° W

Cardiff Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
23.1°C
5.1° 

Cardiff Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 2AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (01 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the W by Sun afternoon).

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
4
4
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
837
859
859
859
805
674
530
508
656
726
870
892
892
892
724
706
711
736
Wind (km/h)
0
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
15
W
20
W
35
W
35
WNW
20
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SSW
10
WNW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State
glassy
on
on
glassy
on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:52AM1.55m
2:49PM1.86m
5:42AM1.69m
4:25PM1.79m
Low Tide
9:20PM0.35m
9:01AM1.34m
10:29PM0.39m
10:54AM1.20m
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:07
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7:07
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4:58
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5:57
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 mm
6
5
6
5
2
1
1
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Temp °C
17
17
17
16
18
19
20
19
18
19
18
18
17
19
20
20
19
19
Feels °C
18
17
17
17
17
16
13
12
13
17
17
17
16
19
19
18
18
18
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