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Cortez Bank Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?
The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 9PM is: 0.8m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 20s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Cortez Bank. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 926 | 666 | 709 | 896 | 879 | 833 | 796 | 797 | 845 | 802 | 828 | 828 | 756 | 690 | 549 | 459 | 451 | 453 | 620 | 406 | 342 | 325 | 399 | 391 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | on | on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:50PM 1.86 | 7:45AM 1.45 | 6:04PM 1.92 | 8:11AM 1.54 | 7:01PM 1.97 | 8:36AM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:40AM 0.27 | 12:04PM 1.16 | 1:27AM 0.22 | 1:04PM 1.02 | 2:05AM 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County
Continuing clean conditions at Cortez Bank (calm at SHIP1880 36 km from Cortez Bank). 0.7m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 7s swell, also from the WNW and a 0.5m 19s long period groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
36 km away, 50 min ago
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