Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.9°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: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191150107142103103138138102100138138140138138134121120156139139999996
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
W
15
SW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
5
W
5
NNE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonglassonononglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.55
5:23AM
1.96
7:41PM
1.68
6:32AM
2.02
8:08PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
0.37
11:29PM
1.29
12:50PM
0.30
12:41AM
1.12
1:32PM
0.27
1:33AM
0.93
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:06-------7:07-------7:07----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151918191817181818191919181819192022232421212019
Feels °C (?)151817181817191818181818181718171820192018191818
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