Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 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 3.2°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 1PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313121312161212151519191918181818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9898114103125858386867776184266181161221498395395291258254330326
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
onononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
1.46
11:45PM
2.29
2:36PM
1.40
12:43AM
2.14
4:26PM
1.45
2:01AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
0.14
5:12PM
1.13
7:30AM
0.22
6:03PM
1.26
8:47AM
0.30
7:35PM
1.36
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:24-------7:25----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C151717171616161616171817171616151516161616161515
Feels °C (?)161615151516161615141515141313121113131313151312
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