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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 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?
The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 6PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Cottons Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 375 | 296 | 370 | 308 | 283 | 268 | 264 | 264 | 366 | 346 | 264 | 207 | 128 | 195 | 173 | 126 | 171 | 236 | 112 | 125 | 119 | 115 | 112 | 82 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | cross | cross | 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) | 12:59PM 0.67 | 1:55AM -0.09 | 1:43PM 0.52 | 2:27AM -0.08 | 2:21PM 0.40 | 2:54AM -0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
The wind is still cross-on at Cottons Point (moderate winds from the SSW at Oceanside Airport 30 km from Cottons Point). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
30 km away, 2 h 22 min ago
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