Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 9PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)81919191919181818171616161616161515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96143212190188271337329348333390380376350371441408392387381381376305301
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossonglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononononglassonglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
1.67
11:22AM
1.13
10:50PM
1.62
12:05PM
0.99
11:12PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
0.30
5:22AM
-0.05
4:38PM
0.43
6:00AM
0.01
4:54PM
0.55
6:45AM
0.09
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:09-------7:09-------7:10------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918191819202121212019191919202019191818171718
Feels °C (?)151618181818181716181818181817181717191818181717
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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