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Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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Cortez Bank surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cortez Bank sea temperature is
15.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 7AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

Table - waves today at Cortez Bank. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1
S
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.5
NW
0.9
SSW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)12131313121217121212161616915988999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)773838851699645565610614551533322406406326395363289449535703818863863744
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
1.62
8:38PM
1.37
5:52AM
1.70
8:34PM
1.42
6:42AM
1.81
8:42PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.52
11:58PM
1.28
1:34PM
0.42
12:49AM
1.18
2:01PM
0.34
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--7:09-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:01-------7:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517202224232322201818191615151514141414151515
Feels °C (?)1413151619201818181715151713121112109109111112
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