Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 10 Jul 2025 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 5PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (10 Jul)6ft (1.8m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
SSW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
0.9
SSW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)77888888888888999999910101010161610101116111115101010101010201919181818181817171616161616916151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5585095455955665917147477127096506185826346837155885454834536326567006046907077726624694676487106866404714214175806656347368006516986807727878149248838417648389271060948571623520586
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
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)
10:59AM
1.36
9:24PM
2.17
11:31AM
1.38
10:00PM
2.16
12:03PM
1.41
10:38PM
2.10
12:36PM
1.46
11:18PM
1.98
1:10PM
1.53
12:03AM
1.80
1:48PM
1.62
12:57AM
1.59
2:30PM
1.71
2:10AM
1.37
3:18PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
1.07
4:53AM
0.11
3:40PM
1.05
5:26AM
0.12
4:23PM
1.04
5:58AM
0.17
5:13PM
1.03
6:30AM
0.26
6:11PM
1.01
7:02AM
0.39
7:23PM
0.98
7:36AM
0.53
8:49PM
0.90
8:14AM
0.70
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01---
Sunset----8:06-------8:05-------8:05-------8:05-------8:04-------8:04-------8:04-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314141414141313131414141313141414141515141414141414151515151414141415151514141415151615151515151515151514141414141414
Feels °C (?)889989978910101091012121312131312121213131212121414131212111213141313131514141213141414141312121212111111910
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