Arcadia Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.85° N 123.96° W

Arcadia 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Arcadia sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Arcadia today (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Arcadia at 2PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (23 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (23 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, gales from the S by Thu night).

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
10
4
SW
9
5.5
W
11
4
WNW
10
3
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
444
572
668
771
817
737
724
608
531
492
426
426
367
292
286
240
2486
7478
2699
1286
803
641
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
15
ESE
15
E
30
SSE
75
S
60
WSW
45
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
0
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
11:35AM2.77m
11:00PM2.95m
11:59AM2.93m
11:45PM3.03m
12:24PM3.09m
Low Tide
5:11PM1.49m
5:34AM0.72m
5:50PM1.24m
6:06AM0.73m
6:27PM0.97m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:12
7:09
7:07
 mm
7
2
9
5
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
13
14
15
15
13
12
11
11
12
16
14
14
13
14
15
14
14
13
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
13
14
13
12
9
9
8
8
10
15
13
12
11
12
11
0
3
4
7
10
12
12
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