Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.40° N 119.12° W

Cortez Bank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cortez Bank sea temperature is
20.3°C
2.3° 

Cortez Bank surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cortez Bank today (24 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cortez Bank at 9PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)--
Afternoon (24 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (24 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Mon night).

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NW
10
1.7
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.5
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.3
NW
10
1.2
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
1.1
NW
10
0.8
NW
10
0.6
SSW
13
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.5
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
634
592
560
486
437
392
341
296
260
255
217
217
217
213
139
141
119
146
73
104
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
W
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State
glassy
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
cross-on
High Tide
8:56PM1.63m
8:41AM2.12m
9:43PM1.58m
9:12AM2.21m
10:34PM1.50m
Low Tide
2:50PM0.36m
2:25AM0.68m
3:31PM0.21m
2:54AM0.77m
4:15PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
19
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
20
20
18
18
18
19
18
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14
13
13
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