Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 04 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 1PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
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
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121512121716161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011811811611611611684566150594856574999267762421953859836813
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
0
SSW
5
WNW
10
ESE
5
NW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassononglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
1.98
8:07PM
1.39
7:44AM
2.07
8:59PM
1.31
8:22AM
2.10
9:56PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
-0.22
1:33AM
0.37
2:49PM
-0.33
2:08AM
0.48
3:39PM
-0.36
2:46AM
0.59
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset---4:55-------4:54-------4:53----
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. °C151819181717161616181817161616161618191817171718
Feels °C (?)161818181718161516181716161616161719201819181818
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