Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.6°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 9AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515151515141414141414131313212121
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264291261261258251239226223220188188186183180175125121120118118116159112
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
0
E
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
15
W
10
W
5
NW
0
WSW
5
W
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrossglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.87
10:49PM
2.22
11:38AM
1.69
11:23PM
2.23
12:38PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
0.39
4:33PM
0.63
5:30AM
0.35
5:01PM
0.79
6:25AM
0.37
5:30PM
0.96
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:01-------7:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121232422212020202021212020191920192019191818
Feels °C (?)232322242322212021212021201921201920202018181818
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