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Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 16 Feb 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 8AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (16 Feb)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (16 Feb)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)121215156788888888887891010988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573755553446456935724414033823563183073444005341756223718581394837558346
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
25
SE
35
SE
45
W
35
SW
35
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
15
SW
30
W
25
W
25
SW
35
SSW
55
SW
60
WSW
45
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.73
8:59PM
1.25
8:24AM
1.73
9:24PM
1.33
8:58AM
1.66
9:50PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.44
2:50PM
-0.28
2:23AM
0.35
3:16PM
-0.26
3:01AM
0.27
3:41PM
-0.19
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----5:35-------5:36-------5:37--
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1932223211--1222-----
Temp. °C141414141415141313131314151414141413131313131313
Feels °C (?)1111986878891010989631345677
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