Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 09 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
18.5° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616181818181815151616161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208208208211268347534547491547491229398519532635643539532481475475469469
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.22
3:30AM
1.18
7:25PM
1.01
5:03AM
1.22
7:27PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
0.17
11:51AM
0.10
11:34PM
0.85
12:31PM
0.04
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:14-------7:15-------7:15--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C171717181918181818171719181818171616161717171717
Feels °C (?)181717171817171818171818151617171515151614141615
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