Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 02 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 9AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
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
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)13151513156677888212020201919181818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4573734442675810412011399607668119194263258318402314307297432
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
W
10
NW
5
N
10
S
5
SE
5
SSW
5
S
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
1.84
10:09PM
2.15
10:58AM
1.71
10:33PM
2.14
11:41AM
1.58
10:58PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.42
3:59PM
0.72
4:48AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.41
4:41PM
0.99
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:14-------7:14--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615161717171616161620252525241919192222211918
Feels °C (?)151514151515151514151618222121211718182018171717
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