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Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.9° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 3AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

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Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
2.1
WNW
1.6
W
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)115789899998881313131612151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58341472593355726915676453952521076059585883501194442414141
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
W
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
5
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NE
5
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffglassglassonglassoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
1.74
12:12PM
1.68
1:54AM
1.78
1:18PM
1.43
2:42AM
1.81
3:03PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
0.40
6:42AM
1.09
6:55PM
0.61
8:10AM
1.06
7:31PM
0.81
9:50AM
0.97
Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151515171616151413131516171616151414161921
Feels °C (?)141515151310109131110891112131211101010131517
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