40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 PDT
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40th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 40th Street sea temperature is
21.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at 40th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 40th Street at 5PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

Table - waves today at 40th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151515161616161616161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)466382391374349346340364379380368364405371422428466504459408388444384339
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
WNW
25
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
10
W
20
W
20
W
10
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.08
6:03PM
1.50
8:31AM
1.14
6:51PM
1.64
8:44AM
1.20
7:32PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.97
1:48AM
0.05
12:57PM
0.86
2:18AM
-0.05
1:36PM
0.72
2:46AM
-0.12
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:14-------7:13----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202325232221212222242425242222222224252422212020
Feels °C (?)232324222221222424252425252324232324242222222121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 9 km away suggest it is still onshore at 40th Street (light winds from the WSW at Costa Mesa Airport). 0.6m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
WSW
Onshore
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