Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 28 Oct 2025 PDT
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
18.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 2PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Fri
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)101016161616161515151515151919191924241818222222
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)200160160159203159121791061041041041041039395130273273113109382476471
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
1.38
6:33AM
1.16
3:13PM
1.32
6:24AM
1.26
4:47PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
0.27
9:47AM
1.10
11:15PM
0.21
11:26AM
0.94
11:58PM
0.16
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Fri
31
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00-------6:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171921202122242526262524252423222222212019181817
Feels °C (?)181820202120212122222121222121202121202019191818
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