Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 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
18.7° C
(Which is 3.4°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: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161212151519191918181818181716161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8386867776184266181161221498395395291258254330326412412318218212209
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
E
5
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45PM
2.29
2:36PM
1.40
12:43AM
2.14
4:26PM
1.45
2:01AM
1.98
5:39PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
0.22
6:03PM
1.26
8:47AM
0.30
7:35PM
1.36
10:06AM
0.35
9:53PM
1.34
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:13-------6:11-------6:11-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:25-------7:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516171817171716161616161616161514151617181716
Feels °C (?)151515151515141414141413121213151311131415161415
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