Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Bolsa Chica surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bolsa Chica sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bolsa Chica today?

The current surf forecast for Bolsa Chica at 11PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
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
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141313131313131313168881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33432023923623623623618017817517317016712312112111990127148252196148127
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
1.32
11:54PM
1.93
12:33AM
1.83
1:36AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.21
7:58AM
0.64
9:25AM
0.69
10:51AM
0.66
Monday
06
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
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918161616161819191818171717192020181818171819
Feels °C (?)181717151516151718171717161717181818171717161717
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bolsa Chica surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest