Horseshoe surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 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
17.9° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 7PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616161615151515151414141414141413131021211099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)261258318310232226223220217214264208206170123121120118163220220157141132
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
W
5
N
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
W
0
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
1.38
10:45PM
1.71
11:29AM
1.19
11:18PM
1.73
12:28PM
0.99
11:57PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28PM
0.12
5:23AM
-0.12
4:55PM
0.29
6:18AM
-0.11
5:22PM
0.45
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------7:00----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192222222020202020212120201919191820201918181717
Feels °C (?)202321222020212120201919201920201920191819181818
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