Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 6PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)16161515151515151414141414146677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1291221631591571571101091071501441389410410210217621424324323613111492
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
S
0
SSW
5
SW
10
W
15
W
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.79
8:13PM
1.28
7:26AM
1.83
8:40PM
1.37
8:08AM
1.80
9:07PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
-0.36
1:22AM
0.44
2:19PM
-0.35
2:05AM
0.31
2:50PM
-0.28
2:46AM
0.22
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:47----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212223221919181818202021191716151516161716151514
Feels °C (?)212222211919181919201918181515141314131414141312
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