Garbage surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage at 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121515151515141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)716969686855343455557675716564464663626161616161
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
NW
5
S
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.62
8:52PM
1.55
8:50AM
1.58
9:17PM
1.63
9:28AM
1.50
9:42PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
-0.15
3:00AM
0.11
3:12PM
-0.06
3:36AM
0.01
3:36PM
0.05
4:11AM
-0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:07-------7:07----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161718181818171717181819181818181818181817171716
Feels °C (?)161617181819181917181819181719171716141514151514
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