Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 19 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
WNW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121212121215151319191912121818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207204201156154135989610610186838586877695266263177308303395395
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
S
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.06
10:50PM
1.87
12:51PM
0.94
11:36PM
1.78
2:26PM
0.87
12:34AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.48
6:16AM
-0.34
5:01PM
0.61
7:22AM
-0.25
5:47PM
0.74
8:41AM
-0.16
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:13-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817161616161717171717161616171818171716161616
Feels °C (?)171616151616161514141516141516141515151413131313
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