Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 8PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414131313131388881616168816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)289273269269269269213210207187184137137135135133114117173163163301280186
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
W
0
NW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.86
11:36PM
1.46
2:36PM
0.77
12:07AM
1.36
1:05AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.66
7:43AM
0.19
4:49PM
0.74
9:08AM
0.25
10:47AM
0.23
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-7:12-------7:13-------7:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161615151717181717171616181819181717171718
Feels °C (?)151515161615151616181618161616171618181617171717
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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