Cardiff Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.06° N 117.31° W

Cardiff Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
24.0°C
6.3° 

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 (07 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 4AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (07 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (07 Nov)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
15
0.9
WNW
17
0.9
WNW
17
0.9
WNW
16
0.8
WNW
16
0.7
WNW
16
0.7
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
SSW
17
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.7
WNW
14
0.6
SW
16
0.7
WNW
14
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
140
188
419
404
371
288
259
256
191
197
181
232
216
208
206
206
203
201
201
201
198
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
off
High Tide
7:30PM1.71m
7:11AM2.23m
8:15PM1.67m
7:37AM2.26m
8:58PM1.62m
Low Tide
00:56AM0.78m
2:02PM0.28m
1:24AM0.88m
2:37PM0.22m
1:52AM0.97m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
24
23
22
22
22
25
26
26
25
24
24
23
23
26
27
26
25
25
24
24
24
Feels °C
23
22
18
19
18
22
22
22
23
23
22
20
20
23
23
23
23
24
22
21
21
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