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56th St Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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56th St surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at 56th St today?
The current surf forecast for 56th St at 11AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at 56th St. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 102 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 99 | 96 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 94 | 95 | 111 | 119 | 121 | 121 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:56AM 1.33 | 5:47PM 1.51 | 7:24AM 1.43 | 6:45PM 1.52 | 7:49AM 1.52 | 7:33PM 1.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:06AM -0.00 | 12:16PM 0.76 | 12:53AM 0.01 | 1:08PM 0.58 | 1:30AM 0.05 | 1:51PM 0.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at 56th St (calm at Costa Mesa Airport 9 km from 56th St). 0.6m 7s swell from the WSW with a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 14 min ago
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