Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 19 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.3°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 9PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121312161212151519191918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207204158156154999898114103125858386867776184266181161221498395
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
0
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
E
5
SE
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.57
10:57PM
2.39
1:02PM
1.46
11:45PM
2.29
2:36PM
1.40
12:43AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.99
6:23AM
0.14
5:12PM
1.13
7:30AM
0.22
6:03PM
1.26
8:47AM
0.30
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:13-------6:13-------6:11-
Sunset-7:23-------7:24-------7:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C181817161616161717171716161616171817171616151516
Feels °C (?)161717161616161614141514151615141514141313121312
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