Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 06 Mar 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111121212121111111111111266121212121313111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24720922417917917913312886595864293228282929283434252929
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
20
E
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
1.54
11:13AM
1.07
11:06PM
1.48
12:02PM
0.88
11:31PM
1.40
1:34PM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.23
5:24AM
0.17
4:42PM
0.40
6:13AM
0.25
4:49PM
0.55
7:21AM
0.33
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:09-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset-------5:50-------5:51-------5:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181720232423222119192428191716161616151616
Feels °C (?)161615131114171617151513131921141212131314121214
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