Surf Forecast Surf Report

Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 28 May 2025 PDT
Forecast update in 17 min 10 s Forecast update imminent
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
58.8°F
(Which is 2.2°F colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 8PM is: 5ft 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2ft 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1ft 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 May)--
Afternoon (28 May)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (28 May)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

Updates in 17 min 10 s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5.5
NW
6
NW
5.5
WNW
6
NW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
6
NW
6.5
WNW
7
NW
6.5
WNW
6
NW
6
NW
5.5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
7.5
NW
7.5
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7.5
NW
7.5
NW
7.5
NW
7
NW
7
NW
7
NW
6
NW
6
NW
6
NW
6
NW
5.5
NW
Period(s) (?)11111010107788899999999999101012121212201919191818181817171717161614131313131313121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4674584775206163232824975815045476086285955724934442363773162803493497346366256157238568561222112212051342150114841297143313511286125520321756160716071518151814941381151814931451136913471160974851780780726
Wind
(mph)
15
W
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
SW
5
W
5
S
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcrossoncross-
on
oncrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (ft)
12:01PM
4.63
10:32PM
7.58
1:05PM
4.53
11:22PM
7.12
2:12PM
4.56
12:16AM
6.53
3:20PM
4.69
1:15AM
5.91
4:19PM
4.92
2:25AM
5.28
5:05PM
5.22
3:46AM
4.76
5:41PM
5.51
5:10AM
4.43
6:10PM
5.77
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
4:06PM
3.48
6:11AM
-0.07
4:57PM
3.71
7:06AM
0.3
6:00PM
3.9
8:02AM
0.72
7:22PM
4.04
8:57AM
1.15
9:04PM
4
9:48AM
1.54
10:44PM
3.64
10:35AM
1.94
12:00AM
3.15
11:15AM
2.33
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:48-------5:48-----
Sunset-7:55-------7:55-------7:57-------7:57-------7:58-------7:59-------7:59--------8:00-
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