Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
17.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 11AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141313132121211320202019191919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)223220217217214211208175125121120120118116159114846697134184251251181
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
0
SW
5
W
5
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
ESE
0
NW
5
ESE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
1.20
11:10PM
1.70
12:15PM
1.01
11:49PM
1.66
1:33PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
-0.11
4:53PM
0.26
6:12AM
-0.09
5:19PM
0.42
7:18AM
-0.03
5:46PM
0.58
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--6:52-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:02-------7:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212120222322212020202022212120192019192122211920
Feels °C (?)232321232222212121212122212120192019192122211920
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