Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414141414131413131313121313131213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37529637030828326826426436634626420712819517312617123611212511911511282
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.73
8:12AM
1.40
7:36PM
1.76
8:37AM
1.48
8:16PM
1.75
9:01AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.67
1:55AM
-0.09
1:43PM
0.52
2:27AM
-0.08
2:21PM
0.40
2:54AM
-0.02
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-6:53-------6:52-------6:51------
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---142----------------
Temp. °C222221222121222424232222212121212221201919191921
Feels °C (?)232323212021242625242425242323232321212121212022
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cottons Point (moderate winds from the SSW at Oceanside Airport 30 km from Cottons Point). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
SSW
0.0
20.9
Air / Water (°C)
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