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Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 5AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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Fri
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10
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11
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12
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
3
3
3
5
5
4
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141413131313131313132120201818181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3493283024572119195616881253100479256048843132626924525724851093217072325312937003771
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NE
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
1.68
3:07PM
1.15
3:37AM
1.73
5:30PM
1.12
4:24AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33PM
0.75
10:01AM
0.90
8:11PM
0.91
11:24AM
0.75
9:01PM
1.04
12:19PM
0.60
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------5:08-------5:09-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141515151516171716151515161616161618181717
Feels °C (?)89101099899101011101011121212121314151514
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