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 Tuesday 16 Sep 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 20.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	-	-
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	339	334	334	330	416	385	287	283	300	294	283	209	203	203	276	276	206	144	136	136	134	130	128	184
Wind (km/h)	WNW	SW	SW	WNW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	N	NE	NNE	E	SSW	SW	W	SW	SW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 2.06					8:10AM 1.69			7:03PM 2.12					8:35AM 1.78			7:50PM 2.15					8:59AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 0.24				1:07PM 1.09					2:04AM 0.22			1:53PM 0.94					2:36AM 0.25				2:32PM 0.80

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	20	21	20	21	23	21	22	21	22	23	23	24	25	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	23
Feels °C (?)	23	21	21	22	19	21	22	21	23	21	22	23	26	27	25	24	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Bolsa Chica (light winds from the NW at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 7 km from Bolsa Chica). 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the WNW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 29 minutes ago Bolsa Chica

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2 h 29 min ago

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