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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 12 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
16.3° 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 12AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)--
Afternoon (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)17s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
2 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)
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.6
WNW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)14111717171616914141415141414142222222120202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)568849952847633332945345268304204204218218263263263260314253336517
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
SW
0
E
5
SE
5
SW
10
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
E
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassononglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crossglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
1.48
5:49AM
1.81
8:25PM
1.54
6:40AM
1.93
8:34PM
1.62
7:22AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
0.58
12:00AM
1.37
1:26PM
0.47
12:50AM
1.25
1:55PM
0.37
1:27AM
1.11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------6:58-
Sunset-6:53-------6:54-------6:55------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272724242323242726242221191817202018161616151519
Feels °C (?)232422232222222423222120191716181816151516161518
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