Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 27 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 3AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)1616161616161515151515151414141414141313131377
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14910310210016621220119612312314412113813412912512312112011811811692138
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.19
6:34AM
1.83
8:01PM
1.30
7:21AM
1.87
8:29PM
1.41
8:02AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.55
1:47PM
-0.38
1:24AM
0.39
2:21PM
-0.38
2:06AM
0.26
2:51PM
-0.33
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:15---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:45-------5:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322222121222119181918181818181817171615161615
Feels °C (?)232221222120202020182018181717171716171613131311
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