Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.84° N 117.28° W

Horseshoe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Horseshoe sea temperature is
23.1°C
3.7° 

Horseshoe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Horseshoe today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe at 1AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sat morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
1
3
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
19
0.7
SSW
19
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
539
683
580
519
506
493
566
474
393
455
544
544
428
367
367
448
553
596
705
582
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
WNW
5
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:32PM1.62m
8:52AM1.75m
9:15PM1.54m
9:17AM1.80m
9:56PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:30PM0.20m
2:38AM0.12m
3:10PM0.08m
3:05AM0.24m
3:48PM0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
25
24
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
22
22
22
22
23
23
22
22
22
Feels °C
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
23
24
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
21
23
21
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