Blackies surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
17.8° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackies today?

The current surf forecast for Blackies at 11AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141313131313131313161688161616161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23623623618017817517317016712312112111990127127207163148127127214309399
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
1.41
12:33AM
1.31
1:43AM
1.22
8:03PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.18
9:26AM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
9:39PM
0.96
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:16-------7:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516181819181717171719202019181818181919191817
Feels °C (?)151515171718181616171718181818171817171817161615
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