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Dana Point Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Dana Point today?
The current surf forecast for Dana Point at 1PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (21 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
| Evening (21 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Dana Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 302 | 274 | 327 | 309 | 278 | 306 | 381 | 336 | 293 | 366 | 365 | 443 | 408 | 381 | 385 | 371 | 365 | 451 | 511 | 290 | 284 | 277 | 369 | 480 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | on | on | cross | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | glass | cross | cross | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:33AM 1.70 | 8:38PM 2.33 | 10:01AM 1.76 | 9:18PM 2.29 | 10:28AM 1.81 | 9:56PM 2.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:31PM 0.96 | 3:38AM 0.09 | 3:13PM 0.86 | 4:08AM 0.16 | 3:53PM 0.79 | 4:36AM 0.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at Dana Point (calm at Coeur d Alene 25 km from Dana Point). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the W and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
25 km away, 1 h 22 min ago
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