Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 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
18.9° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
W
Period(s) (?)16161616161616151515151515151414141414141717179
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147203229229147144273246246246191191144188183186183180236166207215212173
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassononononglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.41
8:14PM
1.49
8:23AM
1.41
8:37PM
1.64
9:07AM
1.38
9:05PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
-0.01
2:22AM
0.08
2:23PM
0.04
3:02AM
-0.12
2:51PM
0.12
3:44AM
-0.27
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:19----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151616171616161515161616161616151617171717171717
Feels °C (?)151413141315161514141414161616151615141515151616
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