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Cottons Point surf Forecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 18 Apr 2024 PDT
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Cottons Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cottons Point sea temperature is 15.4°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 15.3 °C max: 17.4 °C min: 14.1 °C)
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Cottons Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cottons Point sea temperature is 15.4°C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 15.3 °C max: 17.4 °C min: 14.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 3AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141414141413131818181818181818171716161616161616161616161616161717161616161616161616161515151414151918181418
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)376400400371371297297289281269261257257258255323404352322225160281281422412493493402186159201201203162255159214428428214206291291186248248198198196150148146150150148171157152103207
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
NE
0
SW
5
SW
0
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglasscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglassoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
1.29
7:12AM
1.31
7:59PM
1.37
7:50AM
1.32
8:16PM
1.45
8:24AM
1.30
8:35PM
1.54
8:59AM
1.26
8:54PM
1.60
9:34AM
1.21
9:15PM
1.65
10:11AM
1.14
9:38PM
1.68
10:51AM
1.06
10:03PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
0.42
1:40PM
0.07
2:02AM
0.28
2:02PM
0.11
2:32AM
0.15
2:24PM
0.17
3:02AM
0.04
2:44PM
0.23
3:33AM
-0.05
3:05PM
0.32
4:06AM
-0.11
3:26PM
0.41
4:41AM
-0.13
3:46PM
0.50
Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:11-------6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:25-------7:25-------7:27-------7:28-------7:29----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313131315151514131313131616161515151516191918171716151617161614141313131515141313131314141515141413131315151414141314
Feels °C (?)131313121314131313131312121515151514151516181817171716151616141513141313121312111110111112111111101211111112131111131113

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