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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
16.3° 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 11AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
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
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)141313131313131218171616151514141414131313141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232225222168168166163153158293251318470428405320320320259272163302297284
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
NNE
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		offglassononglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
1.61
8:08PM
0.99
6:30AM
1.69
8:33PM
1.04
7:07AM
1.76
8:57PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
0.80
1:35PM
-0.05
12:10AM
0.78
2:06PM
-0.14
12:53AM
0.73
2:36PM
-0.21
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:04-------5:05-------5:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818202120222221212121222019191918182020192020
Feels °C (?)171616171716192019171718181717171715151717151717
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