Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
1.2
S
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
S
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1341110109101614161312151515151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6950791561218510486132131831121211671671671651161048799999999
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SSE
0
WSW
10
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
5
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
15
ENE
5
NNE
15
WNW
10
NW
0
NNE
0
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
1.06
8:36AM
1.77
10:45PM
1.01
9:05AM
1.73
11:38PM
0.98
9:37AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.73
4:05PM
-0.08
2:39AM
0.79
4:45PM
-0.04
3:03AM
0.84
Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:30---
Sunset-------4:45-------4:45-------4:45
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1208---------------------
Temp. °C151514151516181817161616161820211918181817181818
Feels °C (?)111114131112141714131313111316191515171716171717
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