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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 PSTForecast 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Garbage today?
The current surf forecast for Garbage at 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (09 Dec) | 1ft (0.3m) | 16s |
| Evening (09 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Garbage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 63 | 47 | 38 | 51 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 48 | 57 | 42 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 41 | 63 | 60 | 59 | 69 | 71 | 110 | 112 | 227 | 214 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:45AM 1.65 | 2:12AM 1.24 | 12:52PM 1.42 | 3:12AM 1.33 | 2:13PM 1.22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:47AM 0.82 | 7:18PM -0.05 | 7:15AM 0.84 | 8:12PM 0.10 | 8:58AM 0.78 | 9:05PM 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 09 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Fri 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 4:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:43 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
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