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Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 11 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)20s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
2
3
3
2
4
3
3
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313132120201818181717161616161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3262692412572485109321707232531293700377133192900290025502241204217481724144212041002987
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.12
4:24AM
1.77
7:05PM
1.18
5:09AM
1.84
7:52PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.75
9:01PM
1.04
12:19PM
0.60
10:08PM
1.12
12:59PM
0.46
11:13PM
1.15
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---5:09-------5:09-------5:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161718171718181717191919181819191819191918
Feels °C (?)131112121313131314141413141414141315161414141414
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