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Cottons Point Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 12 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?
The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 6PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cottons Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 143 | 116 | 140 | 261 | 226 | 147 | 192 | 203 | 291 | 220 | 188 | 186 | 186 | 188 | 242 | 167 | 203 | 147 | 139 | 139 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 101 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | off | off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:06PM 1.62 | 5:16AM 1.06 | 2:45PM 1.50 | 6:09AM 1.19 | 4:25PM 1.48 | 6:41AM 1.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:27PM 0.08 | 8:23AM 1.00 | 10:53PM 0.07 | 10:46AM 0.92 | 11:56PM 0.04 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Wind reports 27 km away suggest it is still onshore at Cottons Point (light winds from the SW at Camp Pendleton Airport). 0.6m 8s swell from the W with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
27 km away, 2 h 12 min ago
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