Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 PST
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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
17.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 9AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (18 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)16611111212121211111111111111141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)937339641138932727321615715716012111611411410010099719591888785
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
SE
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.84
8:23PM
1.19
7:38AM
1.86
9:02PM
1.16
8:02AM
1.86
9:42PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.53
2:21PM
-0.03
1:24AM
0.61
2:53PM
-0.08
1:48AM
0.67
3:26PM
-0.09
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise--6:20-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:45--
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1----12331-------------1
Temp. °C151515161613131212121315151515151514141516161614
Feels °C (?)12121214139101111101013111213131412131414131210
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