Doheney Beach surf break

Doheney Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 13 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)--
Afternoon (13 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
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
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)131615151414141414141414142120202020191918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116142131128180183186186178166163163168227214279373373365446413509504498
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
SW
0
SW
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
0
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
0
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
2.04
5:51AM
1.32
3:12PM
1.98
7:05AM
1.46
4:48PM
1.98
7:38AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.49
7:51AM
1.31
11:30PM
0.41
10:30AM
1.34
12:35AM
0.31
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-7:00-------6:58-------6:57------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181919192021201920202021222222212122222325
Feels °C (?)201919202121202121212022222223232323232324232425
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Doheney Beach (light winds from the W at Costa Mesa Airport 29 km from Doheney Beach). 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.1m 12s groundswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
W
0.0
21.4
Air / Water (°C)
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