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Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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
18.2° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 5AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.5
S
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413141313106610101014161316161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80805279454069687396104201170104179131127183183167167167165116
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
S
0
ESE
0
SE
15
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
5
NE
15
W
15
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
1.79
10:00PM
1.06
8:36AM
1.77
10:45PM
1.01
9:05AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.68
3:30PM
-0.09
2:15AM
0.73
4:05PM
-0.08
2:39AM
0.79
4:45PM
-0.04
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--6:26-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:45--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----121110421------------
Temp. °C151515151514141415151414161616161515151719181717
Feels °C (?)14131413131212101212121215151211911121417151416
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