Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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
22.5° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 12AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)--
Afternoon (21 Aug)--
Evening (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Wed
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414131616161616161515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)203215260253235229230223211293261260227258260360306269267259255334319307
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
10
S
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
1.94
9:39AM
1.33
8:43PM
1.95
10:06AM
1.39
9:22PM
1.91
10:32AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
-0.27
2:37PM
0.61
3:44AM
-0.24
3:18PM
0.52
4:14AM
-0.16
3:57PM
0.46
Wed
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise----6:16-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:30-------7:29
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222222325252523232322242525252323232223272726
Feels °C (?)232424242526252523242323252424242323242324262625
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Blackies (light winds from the S at Costa Mesa Airport 9 km from Blackies). 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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