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Cardiff Reef Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 12AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Cardiff Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sun 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 163 | 163 | 168 | 173 | 173 | 173 | 158 | 135 | 135 | 442 | 102 | 522 | 98 | 510 | 93 | 58 | 56 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 513 | 385 | 375 | 370 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:02AM 1.46 | 4:46PM 1.98 | 7:36AM 1.58 | 6:01PM 2.04 | 8:04AM 1.68 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:28PM 0.42 | 10:29AM 1.34 | 12:33AM 0.32 | 12:04PM 1.23 | 1:20AM 0.25 | 1:02PM 1.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sun 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 24 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County
Continuing clean conditions at Cardiff Reef (light winds from the N at Carlsbad Airport 9 km from Cardiff Reef). 0.3m 6s windswell from the W to make surfable waves.
2 h 10 min ago
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