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 10 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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 18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bolsa Chica today?

The current surf forecast for Bolsa Chica at 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (20 Oct)	-	-
Evening (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

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

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	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	15	12	15	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	140	136	138	136	127	70	93	129	127	103	103	70	131	102	104	107	107	109	42	37	63	89	64	64
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SE	SSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 1.82				8:56AM 2.13				9:39PM 1.76				9:17AM 2.16				10:17PM 1.68				9:40AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)				2:45AM 0.70				3:30PM 0.41				3:07AM 0.81				4:03PM 0.35				3:30AM 0.92				4:37PM 0.34

	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	19	18
Feels °C (?)	20	21	19	19	20	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bolsa Chica (calm at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 7 km from Bolsa Chica). 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 18s long period groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 3s local chop from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 44 minutes ago Bolsa Chica

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