Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 15 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
19.1° 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 11AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151515151515141414141417171717171416161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)210188191191191191191188188186183183236170202212212147142198320324324253
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
0
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
SW
0
S
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
1.90
8:39PM
2.17
9:11AM
1.87
9:07PM
2.30
10:00AM
1.80
9:39PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
0.58
2:22PM
0.53
3:05AM
0.37
2:52PM
0.62
3:49AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.73
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:22-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616171717161616161617171716161716171918181717
Feels °C (?)161716161516171716161515151615141514161715151516
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