Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 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
18.7° 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 5AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)19s

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


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Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
W
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)121212121515131919191212181818111616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86838586877696266263177308289395395390343257254326412326322236215
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SSE
15
S
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
off
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
1.78
2:26PM
0.87
12:34AM
1.63
4:25PM
0.91
1:53AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
0.61
7:22AM
-0.25
5:47PM
0.74
8:41AM
-0.16
7:14PM
0.85
10:04AM
-0.12
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:09---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:23-------7:23
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161617181817171716171616161616161616171717
Feels °C (?)141616161615151615141513151311111314151515151515
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