Bolsa Chica surf break

Bolsa Chica surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.1°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 5AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12012011879731021011011011016866628787868558575756564646
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
SW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44PM
1.69
6:34AM
2.04
8:11PM
1.81
7:29AM
2.07
8:36PM
1.92
8:16AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
1.13
1:35PM
0.27
1:36AM
0.94
2:11PM
0.29
2:19AM
0.77
2:42PM
0.35
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615161722232120191920192122222018171617192019
Feels °C (?)161715161620201818181818172019191917171617181817
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