Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 30 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
17.7° 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 9PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121515151515151515141414141413131313131313156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464636353434555555545450475151515151504545447350
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
E
5
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
ESE
15
SW
5
SSW
15
WNW
10
N
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
glassglassonglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
2.01
8:58AM
2.02
9:24PM
2.09
9:39AM
1.94
9:46PM
2.13
10:18AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.35
2:58AM
0.61
3:10PM
0.45
3:36AM
0.50
3:35PM
0.58
4:12AM
0.42
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:10-------7:10-------7:12------
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171717171819191918181717181818171716161616
Feels °C (?)151717171818181917191716161516161415141514141414
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