Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 05 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
18.7° 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: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)1313131312121215121217161616161515141414141099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11684564659594856575199267762421954871836825341331541146111104
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
E
5
NNE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassononglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
2.07
8:59PM
1.31
8:22AM
2.10
9:56PM
1.21
9:04AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.37
2:49PM
-0.33
2:08AM
0.48
3:39PM
-0.36
2:46AM
0.59
4:33PM
-0.32
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise--6:11-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----4:54-------4:53-------4:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515171817161616161617181817171717182022201920
Feels °C (?)161516171716151516161717181918181818181920191920
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