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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 19 Mar 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
18.0° C
 (Which is 2.8°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 2AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161615151515151414141414141413102121
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232271264402402261318248236226223220217214211211206173123121120133131159
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
W
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
WSW
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		ononglassonglassglassononononglasscross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16PM
2.16
10:44AM
1.87
10:46PM
2.22
11:34AM
1.69
11:20PM
2.23
12:34PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.39
4:30PM
0.63
5:27AM
0.35
4:58PM
0.79
6:21AM
0.37
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:00-------7:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212224252321202120202223212020191919212221
Feels °C (?)232322222324242322202220192222202120201919212020
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