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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 PST
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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 1.5°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 11AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111141413131314141414141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126121161529563539523627622622529529529514471372367298273198195248248240
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
E
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
2.30
7:56PM
1.53
6:33AM
2.42
8:32PM
1.61
7:23AM
2.49
9:06PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04PM
1.19
1:14PM
0.09
12:12AM
1.12
1:58PM
-0.03
1:08AM
1.03
2:38PM
-0.08
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise--6:46-------6:46-------6:45-----
Sunset-----5:17-------5:19-------5:20--
cloud
part cloud
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. °C181919212423232221212123252424232221222426242220
Feels °C (?)151515171918191817171719201921201918182122201918
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