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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 10 pm Friday 29 Aug 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?
The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 1AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (30 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 19s |
| Evening (30 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Cottons Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Fri 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 297 | 361 | 300 | 206 | 321 | 368 | 615 | 620 | 515 | 539 | 658 | 726 | 701 | 571 | 612 | 721 | 670 | 726 | 700 | 680 | 638 | 471 | 569 | 605 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:00AM 0.82 | 1:33PM 1.34 | 3:15PM 1.31 | 8:44AM 1.01 | 4:56PM 1.37 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:41PM 0.51 | 5:39AM 0.79 | 10:42PM 0.47 | 12:12AM 0.34 | 9:53AM 1.01 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.5m 8s swell from the S with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
27 km away, 1 h 55 min ago
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