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Sandbox surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 PST
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Sandbox surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandbox sea temperature is
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandbox today?

The current surf forecast for Sandbox at 6PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
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)
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
1
3
3
2
4
4
3
4
3
3
5
5
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)121212121818161614141314141414141818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20519514513710410313933723631327669475884372584322932827323735643525339630642791
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
0
SSE
15
W
0
SW
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
5
S
0
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonglasscross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
2.08
11:16PM
1.86
10:55AM
1.84
11:49PM
1.86
11:38AM
1.59
12:22AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.82
4:52PM
0.36
5:03AM
0.84
5:18PM
0.56
5:57AM
0.87
5:41PM
0.76
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:22-------5:23-------5:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222630282625232221222220201918171718191716161616
Feels °C (?)182226252020181817201819181717161616171515161715
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