Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
18.9° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 1AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)191919191818181818181817171616161616161616161510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251251251243159155252252319316316309232214208208261261258255251196186178
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
10
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
0.82
12:47AM
1.61
4:44PM
0.77
2:01AM
1.50
6:54PM
0.91
3:46AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.62
8:55AM
-0.01
6:09PM
0.77
10:36AM
-0.04
8:54PM
0.89
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:48-------6:46-------6:45-
Sunset-7:01-------7:02-------7:04------
part cloud
part cloud
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. °C171716161717172019191818181919212120191919181921
Feels °C (?)161717171818182118191919191918201919191919181920
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