Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 01 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.8
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
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
Period(s) (?)1313131313151513666778882120202019191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5151504545737344479273131116152102577668119194263258318402
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
15
SE
10
SSE
0
SE
10
N
5
N
15
W
15
WNW
5
SW
10
S
0
SE
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
2.13
10:18AM
1.84
10:09PM
2.15
10:58AM
1.71
10:33PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.58
4:12AM
0.42
3:59PM
0.72
4:48AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.41
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------6:37-------6:37-------6:35-
Sunset-7:12-------7:13-------7:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171616151718171716161616212525222218181821
Feels °C (?)151514151515141615141516141517182220182017181719
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