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Cardiff State Beach

Encinitas, United States

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward ENE, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward ESE.

Swell

0.6 m

ENE

6 s

Wind

14 km/h

ESE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.8 m

Rising

Weather

24 °C

Clear

24 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NNE	2 km/h · 4 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1 m	Overcast · 21 °C
1 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NNE	1 km/h · 6 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 21 °C
2 AM	Good	0.6 m · 13 s	NNE	0 km/h · 4 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 21 °C
3 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	1 km/h · 5 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.3 m	Overcast · 21 °C
4 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	2 km/h · 4 km/h gusts	SW Offshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 21 °C
5 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts	W Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 21 °C
6 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	7 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	WSW Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 21 °C
7 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	5 km/h · 6 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 20 °C
8 AM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	3 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.7 m	Overcast · 21 °C
9 AM	Good	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	1 km/h · 5 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.7 m	Overcast · 22 °C
10 AM	Good	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	5 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 23 °C
11 AM	Fair	0.5 m · 10 s	NNE	11 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 24 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	NE	13 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1.7 m	Clear · 25 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	ENE	14 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.8 m	Clear · 24 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 5 s	E	16 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.9 m	Clear · 24 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 8 s	E	17 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	2 m	Clear · 24 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 12 s	ENE	16 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	2 m	Clear · 24 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 16 s	NE	14 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	2 m	Clear · 23 °C
6 PM	Good	0.4 m · 17 s	NE	12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.9 m	Clear · 22 °C
7 PM	Good	0.4 m · 16 s	NE	9 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 21 °C
8 PM	Good	0.4 m · 16 s	NE	7 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.5 m	Mostly clear · 21 °C
9 PM	Good	0.4 m · 15 s	NE	6 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.3 m	Mostly clear · 20 °C
10 PM	Good	0.5 m · 14 s	NNE	4 km/h · 6 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 19 °C
11 PM	Good	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	1 km/h · 4 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 19 °C