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Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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Horseshoe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Horseshoe sea temperature is
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 11AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)121214141313131212121615151414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108108218261284272265244236228266246305301443431378367298298294129186142
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
0
SSE
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NW
5
SW
5
E
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
E
15
SE
15
WSW
0
N
0
S
5
WSW
10
NW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
1.17
9:18AM
1.80
10:53PM
1.22
9:53AM
1.69
11:23PM
1.27
10:31AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
0.59
4:24PM
-0.23
3:51AM
0.57
4:51PM
-0.14
4:38AM
0.56
5:19PM
-0.01
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:08-------5:09-------5:10--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C171717181918171818161717181716171616161616161615
Feels °C (?)171716161716161717151616161615151417171615151615
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