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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)--
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)9998813131313161615151414121414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4503512201085959595855828076424140306766565656573434
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
W
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.31
1:03PM
1.00
2:23AM
1.33
2:39PM
0.82
3:16AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
0.16
7:45AM
0.59
7:15PM
0.35
9:28AM
0.52
7:55PM
0.52
11:06AM
0.37
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00
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. °C151413121114171716141413131618191817161616192122
Feels °C (?)119765914131298881214151412111111161718
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