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40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.8° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 7km away, View from Huntington Beach Pier

How big are the waves at 40th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 40th Street at 8PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)121214141313131313131313202018181716161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28306766333333343434343340751131071009120112712412275110
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
5
NNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassoffglasscross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02PM
0.81
3:26AM
1.39
5:22PM
0.78
4:16AM
1.43
7:01PM
0.84
5:03AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
0.55
11:17AM
0.34
9:06PM
0.69
12:17PM
0.18
10:14PM
0.77
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192019171616151720212019181818182121212019191819
Feels °C (?)15161312111191216181715141414141716171615161415
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