Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 Feb 2026 PST
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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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 1PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)101013131818181818171616161616161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4768464562104104797999137190190134132186179224218215157157155155
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
S
10
W
15
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
1.60
7:17PM
1.05
5:37AM
1.71
7:43PM
1.16
6:32AM
1.80
8:09PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
-0.22
11:26PM
0.76
1:02PM
-0.33
12:26AM
0.60
1:40PM
-0.37
1:14AM
0.44
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:43-------5:44-------5:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161820201819212122252523232222212122201918181817
Feels °C (?)151718181718202020232221222121202120181919191817
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