Cardiff Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.06° N 117.31° W

Cardiff Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
22.4° C
3.2° 

Cardiff Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 4PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (15 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (15 Jul)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 19°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.4
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.9
W
9
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.5
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.5
SW
19
0.5
SW
19
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.8
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
150
150
103
167
163
161
161
124
124
122
121
125
153
181
175
296
296
181
177
132
132
102
137
358
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:25AM1.71m
10:28PM2.45m
12:06PM1.76m
11:16PM2.26m
12:47PM1.80m
00:05AM2.01m
Low Tide
4:17PM0.95m
5:35AM-0.00m
5:12PM0.93m
6:14AM0.16m
6:11PM0.94m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:58
7:58
7:57
 mm
Temp °C
21
24
24
24
22
22
21
21
23
24
24
23
22
21
20
20
20
23
22
22
21
20
20
19
Feels °C
23
25
24
25
24
23
22
22
24
23
23
21
22
21
20
20
20
22
21
21
21
20
21
20
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