Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 4AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)1515151515141414141414141414141313131388888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)520513517513506412401373372372377377302297232225222219222229229223197145
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
1.50
1:19PM
0.79
11:43PM
1.41
12:22AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
0.08
4:49PM
0.68
7:48AM
0.16
9:19AM
0.21
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:31-------6:28-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:13-------7:14
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918181818181817161615161718181817171617191919
Feels °C (?)181918181817151617161615151517171817161517191718
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