Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 10 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 6AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (10 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515151514141417161616161616161414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229223217270256193246242186183183340214226392392392387310264236236236236
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
N
0
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.06
11:53AM
1.60
3:13AM
1.14
1:20PM
1.44
4:12AM
1.26
2:53PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.91
7:53PM
-0.00
7:30AM
0.94
9:04PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.84
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Sunrise--6:16-------6:16-------6:18-----
Sunset-----4:51-------4:50-------4:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122252625242222222223232120202019192021191919
Feels °C (?)201921232322222122222223212021212019191919181920
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