Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°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 6AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131415151616161515141415151414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120158158118161252339348348273263246239301305305239236178168163207207204
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
N
0
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
N
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononononglassglassglassglassonononglassonglassglassoncross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
2.30
9:57AM
1.80
9:37PM
2.39
10:49AM
1.70
10:13PM
2.42
11:47AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.21
3:21PM
0.73
4:32AM
0.11
3:54PM
0.85
5:23AM
0.09
4:30PM
0.99
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:13---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616161618191917171616172020191918171718202019
Feels °C (?)151615151517161616181716181818171917161617191717
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