Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 Oct 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
17.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 3PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131318181818121212161616171718181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141101989693959584535150514847478890129137145204207207267
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
1.32
5:40PM
1.51
7:09AM
1.43
6:36PM
1.53
7:34AM
1.53
7:22PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.74
12:42AM
0.03
12:56PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.06
1:37PM
0.39
1:46AM
0.12
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:16-------6:15-------6:14----
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. °C161718181717171617192020191819191921212119191920
Feels °C (?)151615141416161515171717181719181819181919191819
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (light winds from the N at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.5m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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27 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

9 km/h
N
0.0
17.9
Air / Water (°C)
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