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 am Thursday 09 Oct 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 19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?

The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 3PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (09 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (09 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 09						Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun 12
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	90	91	91	91	161	159	153	141	139	107	106	104	75	75	104	113	111	110	119	122	116	195	351	258
Wind (km/h)	NW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SSW	SE	SSE	SSE	SW	WSW	SE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:27AM 1.97					11:49PM 1.19				11:08AM 1.90				1:04AM 1.04				11:57AM 1.77					2:58AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)					5:37PM -0.14			4:45AM 0.60					6:38PM -0.06				5:20AM 0.76				7:55PM 0.03

	Thursday 09						Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun 12
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	21	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	20	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	17	20	20	19	17	19	19	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	19	20	21	19	19	18	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the N at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.4m 3s local chop from the WNW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 46 minutes ago Cottons Point
Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 23 km from San Onofre has fallen light (light winds from the N at Camp Pendleton Airport). Waves should be turning clean at San Onofre. 0.4m 3s local chop from the WNW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 46 minutes ago San Onofre

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27 km away, 1 h 46 min ago

9 km/h

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19.5

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