Cardiff Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.06° N 117.31° W

Cardiff Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
22.8°C
3.3° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 11AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 35°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.4
SW
20
0.4
SW
20
0.5
SW
20
0.6
SSW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
358
362
358
306
223
214
211
301
301
301
264
261
206
200
194
189
183
178
175
172
134
111
186
246
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
WNW
20
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
6:34AM1.54m
4:40PM1.94m
7:04AM1.68m
5:55PM1.99m
7:32AM1.81m
6:54PM2.03m
Low Tide
11:11PM0.39m
10:45AM1.31m
00:10AM0.32m
12:06PM1.13m
00:55AM0.29m
1:02PM0.92m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
31
30
30
34
32
31
31
30
29
29
30
35
31
30
28
27
27
26
27
30
29
28
26
26
Feels °C
30
27
28
32
29
30
31
29
28
28
29
34
29
30
28
28
28
27
28
30
28
28
27
27
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