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Garbage Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDTForecast 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Garbage today?
The current surf forecast for Garbage at 8PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (21 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Garbage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 73 | 148 | 148 | 120 | 107 | 220 | 273 | 273 | 243 | 229 | 149 | 203 | 201 | 266 | 266 | 263 | 186 | 172 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 165 | 163 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:09PM 0.93 | 12:40AM 1.67 | 3:58PM 0.95 | 2:00AM 1.51 | 5:25PM 1.06 | 3:37AM 1.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:03PM 0.74 | 8:45AM -0.12 | 7:30PM 0.85 | 10:08AM -0.07 | 9:45PM 0.85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
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