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Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 6AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)18s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)141313131313191817161615151414141315121215141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9390895887856910410189127170157148138134817211280155150140128
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
E
0
N
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffglassglassoncross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.60
8:26PM
0.99
6:36AM
1.67
8:53PM
1.03
7:12AM
1.74
9:17PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.81
1:38PM
-0.04
12:14AM
0.80
2:10PM
-0.13
12:55AM
0.76
2:40PM
-0.20
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:54-----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201819202223212121212121232221212018182021222020
Feels °C (?)181717181819181819181818191818181816161818181717
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