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 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT

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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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	-	-
Evening (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	15s

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

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	370	308	283	268	264	264	366	346	264	207	128	195	173	126	171	236	112	125	119	115	112	83	119	162
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNW	N	NNW	N	SSE	WSW	W	NW	WNW	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	NW	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 1.73					8:12AM 1.40			7:36PM 1.76					8:37AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.75				9:01AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55AM -0.09				1:43PM 0.52					2:27AM -0.08				2:21PM 0.40				2:54AM -0.02				2:57PM 0.30

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	23	22	23	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	23	23	22	21	21	20	21	21	23	23	22
Feels °C (?)	22	22	24	23	26	27	25	24	24	24	23	23	25	24	23	22	22	24	22	24	23	24	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.4m 9s swell from the S as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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20.8

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