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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 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
16.4° 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 3AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141413131313131318181716161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20119319113713012312112011810193908989878684106102146129253231218
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
SSE
0
ESE
10
WNW
10
W
0
N
5
N
0
E
5
NNE
0
NNE
0
SW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34PM
0.82
4:57AM
1.48
7:26PM
0.90
5:40AM
1.54
7:57PM
0.95
6:19AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
0.74
12:48PM
0.07
11:03PM
0.77
1:22PM
-0.05
11:57PM
0.75
1:53PM
-0.14
Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:02-------5:04-------5:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918191920212120201919192122212021212120212221
Feels °C (?)171614151517171716171617171919171818191818191918
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