Cottons Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.3°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 11PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)151514146788881919191918181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383866657593113977474188183263252315398304298284432526520520507
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
ESE
5
E
5
SW
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
S
5
W
0
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassoffglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
1.62
10:32AM
1.21
10:18PM
1.60
11:11AM
1.08
10:39PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
0.17
4:33AM
-0.06
4:06PM
0.29
5:09AM
-0.05
4:25PM
0.42
5:47AM
0.01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:35-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-7:10-------7:12-------7:12------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716151515161920212119181919212120181818181820
Feels °C (?)151516151414161817182018171717191918181818171818
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cottons Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest