Bolsa Chica Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.70° N 118.06° W)

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Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 PST

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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 18.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 6PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	18s
Evening (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	17s

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

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	Monday 17				Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	11	10	10	12	10	10	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	59	57	56	69	68	82	212	120	171	90	97	112	125	57	56	56	85	84	81	80	80	80	52	79
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	W	W	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SW	N	NE	WSW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	SSW	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:00PM 1.60				7:16AM 2.20				8:41PM 1.59				7:42AM 2.22				9:21PM 1.56				8:09AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		1:47PM 0.39				1:02AM 0.95				2:19PM 0.30				1:29AM 1.03				2:52PM 0.25				1:56AM 1.09

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	6	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15
Feels °C (?)	15	14	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	13

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