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Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 7AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121818161616151514131313131313121212151413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696710313713517415915519817617312612512311976737572203171166196184
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
E
0
N
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
0
ESE
5
N
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
0
WNW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
2.31
10:03PM
1.57
8:49AM
2.31
10:30PM
1.60
9:23AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
1.09
3:33PM
0.13
2:36AM
1.05
4:02PM
0.15
3:14AM
1.03
4:30PM
0.20
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:08-------5:09--
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212221212020181819191818191819191920191918
Feels °C (?)191818181917171718161616171617181717171717171816
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