Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 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
18.6° 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 5PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)141414141717171717141616161615151514141514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183183236137202212212147142198320324324253246231222218218222218165160152
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
5
SW
5
ENE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.87
9:07PM
2.30
10:00AM
1.80
9:39PM
2.39
10:52AM
1.69
10:16PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
0.62
3:49AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.73
4:35AM
0.11
3:57PM
0.86
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:22----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717171616161616181818181717171719192018181818
Feels °C (?)171615161514141414161616161616171717161816181717
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