Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 PST
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Cottons Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cottons Point sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 4PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

Table - waves today at Cottons Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
4
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)131312121215121317161616161515141414141310999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56465959485657549926776242195487183681333626519542314610610297
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
0
S
5
SE
5
SE
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
2.07
8:59PM
1.31
8:22AM
2.10
9:56PM
1.21
9:04AM
2.06
10:58PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
-0.33
2:08AM
0.48
3:39PM
-0.36
2:46AM
0.59
4:33PM
-0.32
3:27AM
0.70
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
Sunrise6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset---4:54-------4:53-------4:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141717171616161616181918171717171820222019191920
Feels °C (?)141715161515151617181919191817171819211920191920
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