Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 PDT
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Garbage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garbage sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 11PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)--
Afternoon (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141313131313141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)319262221216199162194198216219184183150148152155155156177173130129112143
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
1.67
5:44AM
0.92
5:11PM
1.78
7:19AM
0.98
6:10PM
1.89
8:22AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.27
10:13AM
0.68
1:02AM
0.05
11:30AM
0.76
1:58AM
-0.15
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-
Sunset-7:55-------7:55-------7:54------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918181818181818181818181818181818171717171718
Feels °C (?)181817181919191817171818191918181717161717181717
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  1. weather stationWind Update light winds from the WSW at North Island Naval Air Station Airport mean that is clean at Garbage. No surfable waves

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1 h 47 min ago

6 km/h
WSW
Clean
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