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Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 22 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 8AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (22 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
SSW
0.5
W
0.5
S
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131315151515141414131313131316141614161515121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1281121211671671671651161046999999999134143131107827773488587
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
WNW
15
W
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
1.47
9:09AM
2.17
11:39PM
1.42
9:42AM
2.11
12:42AM
1.39
10:16AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
1.20
4:45PM
0.31
3:13AM
1.25
5:29PM
0.37
3:39AM
1.31
6:16PM
0.44
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise--6:30-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:45--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616182019181817171717181817171616151618171717
Feels °C (?)131212151715151816161615161717171616151517161717
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