Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 08 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)--
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
WNW
0.4
NW
0.6
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)12121212121313612121212111111112221212121212020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484949464534433029575679135173126128146332332332441541500490
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
5
SW
15
W
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
0
NW
5
N
5
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassonononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
0.82
12:37AM
1.37
3:46PM
0.69
1:20AM
1.29
2:43AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
0.59
8:33AM
0.31
4:38PM
0.69
10:33AM
0.30
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:07-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:51-------6:52-------6:52------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282018171716141515161515151515161616151514141416
Feels °C (?)221414131513111412141314141515151415141615141414
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