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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 am Thursday 02 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cottons Point today?
The current surf forecast for Cottons Point at 1PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (02 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (02 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cottons Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sun 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 54 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 103 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 157 | 142 | 203 | 213 | 144 | 116 | 92 | 78 | 51 | 111 | 154 | 194 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:22AM 1.25 | 6:17PM 1.54 | 7:37AM 1.37 | 7:01PM 1.64 | 7:57AM 1.50 | 7:43PM 1.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:30PM 0.77 | 1:17AM 0.03 | 1:09PM 0.58 | 1:46AM -0.01 | 1:49PM 0.37 | 2:15AM -0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sun 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at Cottons Point (light winds from the S at Camp Pendleton Airport 27 km from Cottons Point). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 8s swell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 4s local chop, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
27 km away, 1 h 46 min ago
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