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Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
Forecast 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
16.2° 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 10AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)181716161515141414141313131414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158293251318470434329320320320259272163302297284280219209151146141103101
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NE
5
ESE
0
ESE
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
1.69
8:33PM
1.04
7:07AM
1.76
8:57PM
1.09
7:41AM
1.81
9:22PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
0.78
2:06PM
-0.14
12:53AM
0.73
2:36PM
-0.21
1:31AM
0.68
3:05PM
-0.26
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020212119191918181819201919191918192021222222
Feels °C (?)181718181717181816161616171516161716171717181818
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