Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 PDT
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Blackies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blackies sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 4AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)14141414141313131313131366667778882120
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5450474646464645444445444971956414415812014499577668
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
ENE
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
5
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NE
10
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
1.56
9:38AM
1.43
9:47PM
1.60
10:16AM
1.32
10:09PM
1.62
10:54AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.03
3:36PM
0.09
4:12AM
-0.03
3:59PM
0.22
4:47AM
-0.05
4:20PM
0.35
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:12-------7:13
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C181918171718181717161616161617171716151516202222
Feels °C (?)181817161616151415141514151515151514131316181919
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