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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 07 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 6PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
1.4
WNW
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111116888999998881616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112108110581092563316981055826599452304210131102341263259191184126123120
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
SW
5
SSE
15
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
1.95
1:04AM
1.74
12:09PM
1.68
1:50AM
1.77
1:15PM
1.44
2:39AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
0.41
6:38AM
1.08
6:52PM
0.61
8:05AM
1.06
7:28PM
0.81
9:46AM
0.97
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-4:57-------4:58-------4:59------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C171616151515151517161515141313141718161514141416
Feels °C (?)1513141315151310101010121199101313121099911
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