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Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
16.8° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 2PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)131314141413132018181717161616161615151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67346279616996216377503576798859715706706554512485478472452408336
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
0.81
4:21AM
1.48
7:03PM
0.88
5:07AM
1.54
7:50PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.35
9:09PM
0.71
12:13PM
0.19
10:17PM
0.79
12:55PM
0.05
11:19PM
0.82
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:00-------5:01-------5:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161621201918171717182020201918181819212020201918
Feels °C (?)121218161514131213141615161514141415161516161616
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