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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 4AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
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
0.8
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414141818171716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)468462381381376376376301293281217213102124124243232271264402402261318248
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
W
5
ESE
0
SW
0
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
0
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26PM
1.95
9:18AM
2.10
9:49PM
2.07
10:00AM
2.01
10:16PM
2.16
10:44AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.62
3:36PM
0.37
3:56AM
0.48
4:03PM
0.48
4:39AM
0.39
4:30PM
0.63
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------6:59-------6:59-------7:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252323242327252422222222222526242323232122262424
Feels °C (?)252323242326242422232222222424232323232122262224
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