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Cortez Bank Surf Forecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 PDT
Forecast update in  hr  min  s 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 13.8 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 14.8 max: 16.1 min: 13.6 °C)
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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 13.8 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 14.8 max: 16.1 min: 13.6 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 36 km away suggest it is still onshore at Cortez Bank (fresh winds from the W at SHIP5779).

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36 km away, 2 h 23 min ago

Moderate
29 km/h
W
13.0
13.8
Air / Water (°C)
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How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today?

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 8AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002222210000000
Swell
Height Map
T california.htsgw.metric.3.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.6.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.12.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.27.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.30.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.36.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.51.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.54.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.60.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.75.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.78.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.84.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.99.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.102.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.108.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.123.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.126.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.132.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.147.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.150.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.156.cc23
T california.htsgw.metric.171.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.174.cc23T california.htsgw.metric.180.cc23
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
WNW
0.7
NW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)10111111121313121212121212121189999889999999101010101010999999888121212121211111111111110991211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3330315429113185356342654342391937623666335329682831244122921492177621122119154410691159147416471774204320882275303733143506366933703286321927202559250322382021171099967849451140394477863348838929722421811469472162612801371
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SW
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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cross-
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crosscross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.92
10:45PM
2.02
11:14AM
1.73
11:15PM
2.02
12:06PM
1.52
11:47PM
1.97
1:08PM
1.33
12:21AM
1.89
2:45PM
1.20
1:01AM
1.78
2:00AM
1.66
3:41AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.40
4:31PM
0.42
5:08AM
0.36
4:59PM
0.61
5:57AM
0.38
5:26PM
0.80
6:52AM
0.44
5:48PM
0.97
7:57AM
0.52
5:58PM
1.12
9:22AM
0.58
10:59AM
0.58

Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Cortez Bank blow from the E

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212121213121212121212121111101011101010101010111111111011111010101011111111111111111111111111111011111212131311121212
Feels °C (?)3555676666554220011110002111-111-1-1-1-11101122344456768888886655
Sunrise--6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------6:52-------6:50-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-----7:08-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10-------7:10-------7:12-------7:13------

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