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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 21 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
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
0.8
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.5
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)5101010913131316131515151514141413131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)761331941461763612892151401781671672222221651581041011019913713598147
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
N
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
1.76
10:14PM
1.03
8:45AM
1.72
11:01PM
0.99
9:16AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
0.70
3:49PM
-0.07
2:26AM
0.75
4:28PM
-0.04
2:52AM
0.80
5:12PM
0.02
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:28-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:44-------4:44--
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
7111--------------------
Temp. °C141415161718171615151517201918181717161718181716
Feels °C (?)111010111316131110101114181716171615141517181716
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