Cortez Bank surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.3°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 4PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (12 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (12 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sat
15
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
0.9
SSW
1.1
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
NW
0.8
SSW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111411141414141717161616151515161616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)360325268325325236241291333358483823695695816107413221956370050174948430238943220
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
10
S
15
S
20
S
30
SE
40
SE
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
1.57
3:05PM
1.59
5:13AM
1.68
4:27PM
1.52
5:42AM
1.77
5:34PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
1.16
10:11PM
0.45
11:05AM
0.98
10:56PM
0.54
11:58AM
0.80
11:32PM
0.63
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sat
15
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:24-------
Sunset---4:57-------4:57-------4:55----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------1269115126
Temp. °C161717181818181818181819181919191818181818171716
Feels °C (?)161717181919191817171718161917171619181615111613
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