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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 20 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
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 1PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.7
W
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)141414141313181088716161314131315151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80787571696868102432283176147147219175171168167167222200158130125
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
0
W
10
N
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
1.78
9:31PM
1.07
8:17AM
1.76
10:14PM
1.03
8:45AM
1.72
11:01PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
-0.09
2:00AM
0.70
3:49PM
-0.07
2:26AM
0.75
4:28PM
-0.04
2:52AM
0.80
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset---4:45-------4:45-------4:44----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---12117322--------------
Temp. °C141516141414161515151616161515151417191918171717
Feels °C (?)131314131110121010131416141111111014171616151616
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