Cottons Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.39° N 117.60° W)

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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	141	101	98	96	93	95	95	84	53	51	50	51	48	47	47	88	90	129	137	145	204	207	207	267
Wind (km/h)	E	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNE	NNE	N	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	W	W	WNW	WSW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
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
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	19	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	21	21	21	19	19	19	20
Feels °C (?)	15	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	18	17	19	18	18	19	18	19	19	19	18	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind 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.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Cottons Point

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27 km away, 1 h 34 min ago

9 km/h

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17.9

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