Garbage Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.72° N 117.26° W

Garbage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garbage sea temperature is
23.9°C
3.8° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 8PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.4
SW
18
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
17
0.5
SW
17
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.8
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
108
106
83
111
79
148
140
212
209
215
264
209
280
287
227
186
188
366
516
516
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
12:04PM1.70m
00:52AM1.10m
12:45PM1.69m
2:31AM0.92m
1:45PM1.64m
Low Tide
7:04PM0.31m
6:05AM0.60m
8:24PM0.33m
6:27AM0.77m
10:10PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:14
7:12
7:10
 mm
Temp °C
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
22
21
21
21
20
20
21
21
21
21
20
Feels °C
19
19
18
19
19
20
20
20
19
20
19
20
21
20
21
20
19
19
20
20
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