Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.4°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 7AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)132020201919191918181818181818181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)846697134184251251181164155154252252249316312238219211208208206203203
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
S
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
2.19
2:04PM
1.33
12:56AM
2.10
4:36PM
1.30
2:10AM
1.99
6:36PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.42
6:01PM
1.12
8:59AM
0.46
6:43PM
1.28
10:37AM
0.44
9:15PM
1.38
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:05-------7:05--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617191919181818181820202019191919192222211919
Feels °C (?)161717191919191818191821192020202019192120201819
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