Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 PDT
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Doheney Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Doheney Beach sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Doheney Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Doheney Beach at 10PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Doheney Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
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
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
Period(s) (?)141514141414141414131313131313131312131216121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2392222182151601521631612072041581561549998981141031258583868677
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
NE
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
N
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SE
5
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16PM
2.42
11:51AM
1.57
10:57PM
2.39
1:02PM
1.46
11:45PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
0.86
5:26AM
0.09
4:32PM
0.99
6:23AM
0.14
5:12PM
1.13
7:30AM
0.22
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:15-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-7:22-------7:23-------7:24------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918171718181919191716161616171817171616161617
Feels °C (?)181817171718181817171615161616151614151515151514
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