Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.8
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1413131313131313131366677888212020201919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51515151504545444444479273127116152102577668119194263258
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
S
10
S
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
1.94
9:46PM
2.13
10:18AM
1.84
10:09PM
2.15
10:58AM
1.71
10:33PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.58
4:12AM
0.42
3:59PM
0.72
4:48AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.86
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:13-------7:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161818181716161515171817171616161620252522201818
Feels °C (?)161615141414151314161515151514151616212018181618
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