Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Horseshoe today (18 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 11PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Horseshoe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 240 | 160 | 163 | 268 | 339 | 348 | 372 | 382 | 387 | 387 | 277 | 263 | 242 | 239 | 236 | 239 | 239 | 236 | 236 | 229 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 1:42PM1.49m | 3:28AM0.88m | 2:37PM1.45m | 3:54PM1.43m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:15PM0.47m | 7:07AM0.79m | 11:03PM0.41m | |||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:29 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 65 | 263 | 242 | 239 | 236 | 239 | 239 | 236 | 236 | 229 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 |
| kJ | 240 | 116 | 163 | 268 | 339 | 348 | 372 | 382 | 387 | 387 | 277 | 64 | 43 | 39 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 26 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | S 9 | SW 19 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | SW 18 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 |
| kJ | 96 | 160 | 159 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 53 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 27 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 265 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 20 | 13 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Horseshoe surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest