Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.8°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 4AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515151514141414141717171717141516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146146277242191246191191144188188186183183236173200212212144140217339348
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
WNW
0
E
0
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
0
S
5
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
1.49
8:13AM
1.41
8:28PM
1.63
8:57AM
1.38
8:57PM
1.76
9:44AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.09
2:21PM
0.04
2:58AM
-0.09
2:50PM
0.12
3:41AM
-0.23
3:21PM
0.22
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151517171716161516161718171616161617192019
Feels °C (?)131515151516151616161516161516161515151516181715
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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