Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 7AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161615151515151515141414141414141414131313131413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)417421507380370370385367347264264264346341195250181181173171236295175167
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
SW
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
0
WNW
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
1.31
7:01PM
1.76
8:32AM
1.40
7:49PM
1.79
8:55AM
1.47
8:29PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
-0.09
1:03PM
0.72
2:02AM
-0.11
1:48PM
0.57
2:35AM
-0.09
2:28PM
0.44
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:51-------6:50--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11133-------------
Temp. °C222220222222212222222223232222222121212222212121
Feels °C (?)222320232223202223252424232224252324232323222223
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Horseshoe (calm at San Diego/Montgomery Field Airport 14 km from Horseshoe). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 12s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.4m 4s local chop, also from the WNW as well as a 0.3m 6s windswell, also from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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