Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 PDT
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Dana Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dana Point sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dana Point today?

The current surf forecast for Dana Point at 4PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414151414141414141413131313131313131213121612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222218239222218215160152163161207204158156154999898114103125858386
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
5
SE
0
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
1.69
10:16PM
2.42
11:51AM
1.57
10:57PM
2.39
1:02PM
1.46
11:45PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.09
4:32PM
0.99
6:23AM
0.14
5:12PM
1.13
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:13-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:23-------7:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171919191817181818181818171616161617171717161616
Feels °C (?)181817171717191717161615161516151614141416151516
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