Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 20 Feb 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 8PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)111010101010101010131313131212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2141583182552081331289267444442403939393929293737234091
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.38
11:00PM
1.54
11:15AM
1.15
11:36PM
1.56
12:22PM
0.90
12:22AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35PM
0.10
5:25AM
0.21
5:00PM
0.28
6:33AM
0.21
5:25PM
0.46
8:05AM
0.20
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:26-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-5:37-------5:38-------5:39------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313121211121416151515151515161717161616171719
Feels °C (?)109999891112111212121111111213131314141415
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