Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 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 3.6°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 2PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161718181818151815161616161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127127211271386547491491491188249409539539545545493402397392475469463358
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
W
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
0
SW
10
S
15
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
1.68
7:30PM
1.53
4:54AM
1.71
7:31PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.66
11:47AM
0.59
11:36PM
1.38
12:27PM
0.53
12:28AM
1.22
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:16-------7:17----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------1-------12
Temp. °C171819181817171717181818171716161617171717161717
Feels °C (?)161719181817181818171616161715151715141415151413
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