Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.2° 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 2PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)101414131313141414141414131313131212121212121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147417447361350458514431423346341356317232229225162152152152195189186173
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
N
0
S
5
ESE
0
N
5
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
2.30
7:59PM
1.52
6:35AM
2.42
8:35PM
1.61
7:25AM
2.50
9:10PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.09
12:14AM
1.13
2:00PM
-0.03
1:10AM
1.03
2:41PM
-0.08
1:59AM
0.94
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:47-------
Sunset---5:17-------5:19-------5:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122242322222121222425252322212123242522202019
Feels °C (?)161718201918181718191920212020191820202118171817
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