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Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 23 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 1.7°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 11AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131415151615121213131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1041219999999898143721098277474885878989583455525050
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.42
9:42AM
2.11
12:42AM
1.39
10:16AM
2.03
1:59AM
1.40
10:56AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.25
5:29PM
0.37
3:39AM
1.31
6:16PM
0.44
4:16AM
1.37
7:06PM
0.49
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:33-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:44--
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)
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Temp. °C191817181818171716161617181818171718181922232121
Feels °C (?)181715161617171716161617181717161617161619201818
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