Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.7° C
(Which is 3.6°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 5AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717171714151616161515151414151414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202212212147142198316324324253246231222218218222218218160152163161207204
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
0
E
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
2.30
10:00AM
1.80
9:39PM
2.39
10:52AM
1.69
10:16PM
2.42
11:51AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.73
4:35AM
0.11
3:57PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.09
4:32PM
0.99
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:16---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:23
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161618181817171717171920191818181818191919
Feels °C (?)161514141416161615171717171818171818171717171717
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Dana Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest