Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 12 Jul 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 3AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (13 Jul)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sun
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151515151416161414141515151515515141414191919181818181817171616161616161615151515141415151515141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2251931931911931403794061261251752753303213222138156379239217505450525398383380451540538431398393388366362364350361314242413239239312317330346189204205162179236237231172166164175
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
W
20
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
SW
0
SW
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
ononglassononononglassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
2.24
12:26PM
1.61
11:16PM
2.12
1:02PM
1.68
12:01AM
1.94
1:40PM
1.76
12:55AM
1.72
2:22PM
1.85
2:07AM
1.49
3:11PM
1.94
3:51AM
1.32
4:06PM
2.04
5:54AM
1.29
5:06PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
0.19
5:13PM
1.08
6:23AM
0.29
6:10PM
1.06
6:56AM
0.42
7:18PM
1.03
7:32AM
0.58
8:41PM
0.95
8:11AM
0.75
10:15PM
0.81
9:00AM
0.92
11:41PM
0.61
10:04AM
1.06
12:50AM
0.39
Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sun
20
Sunrise----5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset8:00------7:59-------7:59-------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-------7:57-------7:57----
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)171718161820191818191818191919191919181819191819181818181919191818181718191919181819191819191920201919202221202121202021
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