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/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Garbage today?
The current surf forecast for Garbage at 1PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 16s |
| Evening (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Garbage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 306 | 306 | 306 | 302 | 299 | 239 | 224 | 215 | 258 | 258 | 217 | 214 | 248 | 211 | 206 | 158 | 149 | 147 | 113 | 111 | 140 | 159 | 159 | 128 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | on | on | on | cross- on | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:42AM 1.44 | 10:47PM 1.76 | 11:30AM 1.26 | 11:21PM 1.77 | 12:26PM 1.05 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:46AM -0.08 | 4:40PM 0.12 | 5:32AM -0.12 | 5:06PM 0.27 | 6:25AM -0.09 | 5:32PM 0.44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
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