Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.9°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 2PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)202019191919181818181818181817161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6597184184184181166155154154154207207204200133129127127171169169166164
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSW
5
S
0
SW
0
SW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
S
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
1.35
1:00AM
2.12
4:38PM
1.31
2:14AM
2.01
6:37PM
1.43
3:54AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
0.42
6:06PM
1.14
9:03AM
0.46
6:50PM
1.29
10:39AM
0.44
9:19PM
1.39
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:52-------6:50-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:05-------7:06-------7:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151818181717171717202121191818181922232220191818
Feels °C (?)151717161617171818201919181819191922201919191818
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