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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 08 Feb 2026 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
16.8° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 2AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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

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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.7
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212151514141414141313202014131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)324309295285180139280280216434422315302311315302225168125149203737792632
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
W
5
SW
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
1.26
3:00AM
1.25
4:20AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.59
10:22AM
0.37
11:46AM
0.22
12:30PM
0.08
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------5:29-------5:30-------5:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------141---
Temp. °C222222212021212120191817161717171616161414151616
Feels °C (?)182020201819192019181716151515161413131214151514
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