Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414161717171716151616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1671691691911441211211201181181631631952121491479289246253253253186128
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
1.41
8:44PM
1.63
9:18AM
1.38
9:12PM
1.75
10:06AM
1.31
9:44PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
0.09
3:11AM
-0.10
3:02PM
0.17
3:53AM
-0.25
3:33PM
0.27
4:39AM
-0.34
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151717181616151516171817171616161719191918171717
Feels °C (?)151615161516151515151615161514141518161616151617
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