Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 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 normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 7AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)19s
Afternoon (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1
W
1.1
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)16761819181818181818181717168817171717171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25253050691111111128182845045715112215214214514514510476117
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
0
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrossglassglassononglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.98
10:53AM
1.62
1:53AM
0.91
11:25AM
1.54
12:08PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.80
6:42PM
0.17
4:15AM
0.87
7:46PM
0.23
9:06PM
0.25
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:05-------6:04--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616181919181717171718191919181818181920202020
Feels °C (?)171717191919191817171819191920181818191919192020
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Blackies (calm at Costa Mesa Airport 9 km from Blackies). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the WNW and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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