Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
20.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 4AM is: 0.4m 21s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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

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Sun
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141421211420201919181818181717161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147149153175158218216214322289404399395386355339412452447436367287279344
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
5
NNE
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.12
4:49PM
1.64
7:30AM
1.25
6:05PM
1.72
7:57AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.11
10:37AM
1.00
12:43AM
0.01
12:15PM
0.87
1:31AM
-0.07
1:12PM
0.70
Sun
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise----6:31-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:53-------6:52
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181921212121212122222322222122222222232425
Feels °C (?)191919192022212222222222222322222223222223232122
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Garbage (light winds from the WNW at North Island Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Garbage). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 8s swell from the WSW and a 0.3m 21s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
WNW
Clean
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