Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
Forecast 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 1AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
1
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)78888810777107777131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3385646867094853742061521047615458444432272726252424242423
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
W
20
W
15
W
5
W
0
WNW
5
E
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
1.53
10:27AM
1.42
11:00PM
1.57
11:15AM
1.19
11:36PM
1.58
12:19PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
-0.08
4:39AM
0.20
4:44PM
0.08
5:31AM
0.20
5:09PM
0.26
6:36AM
0.21
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:26-------6:26-------6:24---
Sunset-------5:37-------5:38-------5:39
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C141313131313131313131211111415151515151515161717
Feels °C (?)76567789101210881111121213131112121313
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