Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 10PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141416171717171315161616151515141415141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16316319521214914692101246253253253186128167165218222165163160154145143
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
S
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
SSE
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
1.75
10:06AM
1.31
9:44PM
1.83
10:57AM
1.21
10:20PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
0.17
3:53AM
-0.25
3:33PM
0.27
4:39AM
-0.34
4:05PM
0.40
5:29AM
-0.35
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:18-------6:16-------6:16-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:23------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817161616161919201818171717202020191817171719
Feels °C (?)161616151414141816171517161617191717171716161618
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