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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 12 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 5PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)181818171616161616151514141414131313131313121817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174251318476437416411411324300284280276269243225222168168166163153158293
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
W
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoncross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
1.48
6:45PM
0.86
5:08AM
1.54
7:37PM
0.93
5:51AM
1.61
8:08PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
0.22
10:09PM
0.77
1:01PM
0.07
11:16PM
0.80
1:35PM
-0.05
12:10AM
0.78
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---5:01-------5:02-------5:04----
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. °C171820192019181818192120191919181920222019201818
Feels °C (?)131415141615141414151615151516151616171616181616
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