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Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 25 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
16.5° 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 12AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313121212121212111212121111111110101818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15624323623217816511911711511110775696745454039383837363262
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
0
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
5
WNW
10
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
0.83
2:15AM
1.53
4:30PM
0.75
3:22AM
1.62
6:31PM
0.85
4:32AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
0.51
10:09AM
0.25
7:48PM
0.67
11:29AM
0.02
9:26PM
0.78
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------6:47-------6:47-------6:46-
Sunset-5:14-------5:15-------5:15------
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161617171819191918171716171816161615161516
Feels °C (?)141314141514131414131514131312121311121312151214
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