Dolphin Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Dolphin Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dolphin Street sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Dolphin Street today?

The current surf forecast for Dolphin Street at 6PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)16s

Table - waves today at Dolphin Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131216161616161512141514151514151414141314141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32303864896441638028333374757554332802802928002727
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
NW
5
N
15
W
5
WNW
0
SW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassonononononcrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
onononglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
2.06
8:10AM
1.69
7:03PM
2.12
8:35AM
1.78
7:50PM
2.15
8:59AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
1.25
1:26AM
0.24
1:07PM
1.09
2:04AM
0.22
1:53PM
0.94
2:36AM
0.25
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:35-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-6:57-------6:55-------6:54------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------12312------
Temp. °C262522212021202123222121242021222423222121212122
Feels °C (?)252422212022202122212121252023252524232323232324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 7 km away suggest it is still onshore at Dolphin Street (light winds from the SSW at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport). 0.4m 3s local chop from the W to make surfable waves.

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2 h 23 min ago

19 km/h
SSW
Onshore
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