Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101510141010191010109101818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)529834515354505948474643468011110910958105151149103102100
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
0.94
4:33AM
1.61
7:08PM
1.07
5:40AM
1.73
7:34PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
-0.05
10:07PM
0.84
12:27PM
-0.21
11:39PM
0.72
1:10PM
-0.32
12:37AM
0.55
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:42-------5:43-------5:44----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161817171616171718202019181920192122222121211918
Feels °C (?)151815161515161617181717171919182020202020201818
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