Garbage Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.72° N 117.26° W

Garbage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garbage sea temperature is
22.7°C
2.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Garbage today (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 10PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun night, min 20°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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)
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.3
S
13
1
SW
16
1.3
S
13
1.6
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
448
667
581
719
539
539
477
551
511
600
496
600
989
1155
1299
1208
1172
1155
612
1318
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
Wind State
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
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:17PM1.62m
7:09AM1.05m
4:53PM1.69m
7:35AM1.19m
6:07PM1.81m
Low Tide
11:47PM0.15m
10:20AM0.99m
00:51AM-0.01m
12:04PM0.87m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:09
7:07
7:07
 mm
Temp °C
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
26
25
26
27
23
Feels °C
19
19
20
21
21
20
21
22
22
21
21
22
22
22
20
23
22
25
26
23
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