Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 8AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (14 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1415156614131313131313131313131313181818181212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186188242173182147139139141141141101989695959584535150514847
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
45
S
20
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
0
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
1.19
4:25PM
1.48
6:41AM
1.32
5:40PM
1.51
7:09AM
1.43
6:36PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46AM
0.92
11:56PM
0.04
12:05PM
0.74
12:42AM
0.03
12:56PM
0.55
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:17-------6:16-------6:15--
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---54-------------------
Temp. °C181818171515161616151517181717161616171920201919
Feels °C (?)151412101215161716141415141314151515151716171718
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (light winds from the NW at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.8m 4s local chop from the SSW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the S as well as a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
NW
0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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