Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
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 2AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)21s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)20s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)667788212020201919181818181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)417411010792577668119194263258318402314307297432427526520507488306
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
SSE
0
SSW
10
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
NE
10
SE
5
E
0
SW
0
NW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
SE
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
offcrossglassglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
2.15
10:58AM
1.71
10:33PM
2.14
11:41AM
1.58
10:58PM
2.09
12:29PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.41
4:41PM
0.99
6:07AM
0.47
4:58PM
1.11
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:14-------7:14-------7:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171615151520262623252019202324222018181818202120
Feels °C (?)161614141518232220211717182019181716171817181717
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