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Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 PST
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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
19.2° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 8AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (19 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (19 Nov)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.9
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.1
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)1111111212121212121211101012681010101515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70075790799585779478166059459442331630445820443216751893142419944849473342263659
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
SW
25
W
35
WNW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
2.06
9:24PM
1.40
8:06AM
2.07
10:06PM
1.36
8:35AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.96
2:54PM
0.23
1:48AM
1.02
3:29PM
0.21
2:13AM
1.07
4:07PM
0.24
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise--6:28-------6:30-------6:30-----
Sunset-----4:53-------4:52-------4:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------31-----11--
Temp. °C151515151515151515161515151516151515151515151616
Feels °C (?)1212121311111011111113121111105567109101012
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