Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 24 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
17.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 4PM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (24 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (24 Oct)1ft (0.3m)20s

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

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Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)202020202016161616181818181818181818171716161617
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9713497976053504850511121111111111121131148174714193133140
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
0
NNW
0
SSW
5
NE
5
SE
5
NW
5
S
10
W
10
W
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.68
11:58PM
1.00
10:28AM
1.62
1:07AM
0.92
10:56AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.10
4:02AM
0.77
6:24PM
0.18
4:08AM
0.85
7:26PM
0.25
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:05-------6:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161920191818181818202019181817171719201918171718
Feels °C (?)172019192020191919202019191917171719201919171719
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 27 km away suggest it is still onshore at Cottons Point (light winds from the SSW at Camp Pendleton Airport). 0.4m 7s swell from the W with a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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27 km away, 2 h 39 min ago

13 km/h
SSW
0.0
17.8
Air / Water (°C)
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