Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 2AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121010101015151410101910101091018181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1341321063552513433535450594847464344808010910958105151
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
1.52
6:44PM
0.94
4:33AM
1.61
7:08PM
1.07
5:40AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
-0.05
10:07PM
0.84
12:27PM
-0.21
11:39PM
0.72
1:10PM
-0.32
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----6:20-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset-------5:42-------5:43-------5:44
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717171718181716161717182020191818181820222121
Feels °C (?)161515161617161515161716171817171717171719211920
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