Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)--
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141314131313131213131312131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37030828326826426436634626420712819517312617123611212511911511283119162
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
0
N
10
SSE
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
0
WSW
0
WSW
0
W
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.73
8:12AM
1.40
7:36PM
1.76
8:37AM
1.48
8:16PM
1.75
9:01AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
-0.09
1:43PM
0.52
2:27AM
-0.08
2:21PM
0.40
2:54AM
-0.02
2:57PM
0.30
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:51-------6:50
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202223222325242322222121222323222121202121232322
Feels °C (?)222224232627252424242323252423222224222423242322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.4m 9s swell from the S as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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20.8
Air / Water (°C)
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