56th St Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.62° N 117.94° W)

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56th St surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 14 Nov 2025 PST

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56th St surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 56th St sea temperature is 18.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 56th St today?

The current surf forecast for 56th St at 10AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Evening (14 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s

Table - waves today at 56th St. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	W	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	232	371	353	348	344	339	456	447	361	269	233	180	180	178	175	166	158	118	99	99	99	99	98	67
Wind (km/h)	E	E	SE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SSW	SSE	SW	SW	S	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:38AM 1.50				5:27PM 1.25				6:05AM 1.58				6:22PM 1.22				6:28AM 1.66					7:10PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.17				11:57AM 0.47				11:41PM 0.27				12:41PM 0.30				12:11AM 0.37					1:19PM 0.15

	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	13	18	3	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	15	16	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	15	15	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	15	14	15	15	15

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