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Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 8km away, Lifeguard HQ

How big are the waves at Bolsa Chica today?

The current surf forecast for Bolsa Chica at 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.3
S
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
2
W
1.5
W
2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)9151212111111109131357798999988713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3838103938584794742353469117206377566343632299215105553535
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
15
W
20
WSW
5
W
5
ESE
5
E
5
W
10
WNW
20
NW
35
NW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
2.22
12:27AM
1.73
11:24AM
1.96
1:12AM
1.76
12:16PM
1.69
1:58AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
0.20
5:36AM
1.08
6:23PM
0.40
6:47AM
1.09
6:59PM
0.61
8:14AM
1.07
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-4:58-------4:59-------5:00------
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817171614151617161615151514151617161414131314
Feels °C (?)1617161614131415141215141415121061110109888
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