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 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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
	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)	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	20	20	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	17
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	97	134	97	97	60	53	50	48	50	51	112	111	111	111	112	113	114	81	74	71	41	93	133	140
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSW	WSW	W	NNW	SSW	NE	SE	NW	S	W	W	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	S	SW	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- 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
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind 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.
2 hours 39 minutes ago Cottons Point

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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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