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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 18 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.3°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: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)--
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141313131313121215151413131312121211161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2151572801922391841711681631127676109203229219206187180174157186169165
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
0
NW
0
NNW
0
N
0
ESE
0
NNW
10
WSW
5
W
0
W
5
N
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
ESE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassoffglassononglassglassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
1.57
8:47AM
2.31
10:27PM
1.60
9:20AM
2.25
10:55PM
1.65
9:55AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.05
3:59PM
0.15
3:11AM
1.02
4:27PM
0.21
3:52AM
1.01
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019191920201918181919182021191818181716181918
Feels °C (?)181817171718171817171817151718161717171515161616
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