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 3 am Friday 07 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 18.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Afternoon (07 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (07 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s

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

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	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	836	813	336	331	250	140	109	85	102	99	86	57	43	51	35	69	66	63	121	120	172	235	224	211
Wind (km/h)	ENE	N	NNW	WNW	W	WSW	SSE	SSE	E	W	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SE	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	W	W	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				9:04AM 2.06					10:58PM 1.12			9:50AM 1.95					12:13AM 1.06				10:44AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46AM 0.59					4:33PM -0.32			3:27AM 0.70					5:32PM -0.22				4:17AM 0.81				6:39PM -0.10

	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	20	21	20	19	19	20	20	20	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	21	24	24	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	18	18	17	19	20	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	22	20	21	21	20	21	20	23	22	21	22	21

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