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Cardiff Reef surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 12 Mar 2025 PDT
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Cardiff Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cardiff Reef sea temperature is
13.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cardiff Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cardiff Reef at 9AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

Hourly12 Days
San Diego County Surf
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Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.4
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.1
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.7
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)10998888716666789998813131312121288888812887771111111111161616678988141313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)56647137026224420312510487205255320570118119922003153193560341494661346987483326623420316016914214510989838161621161148587147102991302478041156534358304290286286298277222218162
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
WNW
30
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
0
SSE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
ENE
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
NW
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WNW
15
W
5
SW
0
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossonononononononcross-
on		ononcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassononononcross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
2.14
9:40PM
1.86
9:20AM
2.10
10:00PM
1.91
9:54AM
2.01
10:21PM
1.96
10:28AM
1.90
10:41PM
1.98
11:03AM
1.75
11:02PM
1.98
11:40AM
1.59
11:24PM
1.95
12:21PM
1.42
11:47PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.83
3:24PM
0.30
3:19AM
0.73
3:48PM
0.38
3:52AM
0.65
4:10PM
0.49
4:25AM
0.60
4:30PM
0.62
5:00AM
0.58
4:49PM
0.76
5:37AM
0.60
5:05PM
0.90
6:18AM
0.65
5:15PM
1.02
7:08AM
0.72
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------7:01-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54-
Sunset-----6:53-------6:54-------6:55-------6:55-------6:57-------6:58-------6:59------
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Rain (mm)
------1--58221-----2131-------------------------------------
Temp. °C151414161515151515131111121211121111121010101211101111121313121212121215161514141413131515141312121111141515141617171620
Feels °C (?)141112121111121296353223358777121081010101010101111111113131312121211121313910101199121011101313131117
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