Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 13 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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 9PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
W
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414714131616161613141415151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156156158158156192141147147147147102143158167169169191191121121120118118
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
10
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
S
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
1.88
7:40AM
1.90
8:18PM
2.03
8:27AM
1.91
8:42PM
2.19
9:14AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29PM
0.47
1:49AM
0.82
1:57PM
0.49
2:28AM
0.59
2:26PM
0.54
3:09AM
0.38
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:22-------6:22-------6:20-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161615151718171716151515171817171716161617
Feels °C (?)101011141413131615131415141413151515161715151415
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