Doheney Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.46° N 117.68° W)

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Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 20.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 5AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	357	272	264	264	350	346	272	207	184	184	179	173	173	239	239	188	123	112	82	170	170	161	117	121
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	ENE	S	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:32AM 1.77			7:47PM 2.14					8:56AM 1.85				8:28PM 2.12				9:18AM 1.92				9:06PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 0.22			1:49PM 0.93					2:33AM 0.24				2:29PM 0.79				3:01AM 0.31				3:05PM 0.68

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	20
Feels °C (?)	21	21	26	24	23	23	24	23	24	23	24	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Doheney Beach (calm at Coeur d Alene 25 km from Doheney Beach). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 8s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 32 minutes ago Doheney Beach

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25 km away, 1 h 32 min ago

2 km/h

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20.9

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