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40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 09 Feb 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.8
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)12121212121514141414141413131320141211111010911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139139224224171159333302239242242179171125861222491025849545353240202235
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
SE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
1.28
4:24AM
1.33
7:59PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.33
11:54AM
0.20
12:40PM
0.07
11:15PM
0.86
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:31----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920201817171616161616171615151515151515151414
Feels °C (?)181919191716161415141413141112121414121212121212
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