Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 26 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1910109913999181818171616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59474645442861615661616093135134134134132129122163159157157
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
0
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.60
7:18PM
1.08
5:44AM
1.71
7:46PM
1.18
6:39AM
1.79
8:13PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.85
12:23PM
-0.21
11:36PM
0.74
1:08PM
-0.31
12:35AM
0.59
1:46PM
-0.36
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--6:24-------6:22-------6:20-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:45-------5:46--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616192121212122232325272623222121212121201918
Feels °C (?)161716191919202121222124242422212121202020191918
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