Dana Point surf break

Dana Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.4°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 5PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)15151515667788820201919191818181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73737271701051311241389580122194273358354416509404395481534630526
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
SSE
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononcrosscrossglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
1.82
10:06PM
2.14
10:54AM
1.70
10:29PM
2.13
11:36AM
1.56
10:54PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.71
4:44AM
0.39
4:17PM
0.85
5:22AM
0.41
4:37PM
0.98
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:12-------7:13----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161617171616151515181820201818191819191918181817
Feels °C (?)141515151616131415171518181717181717171718181817
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