40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 4AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)7777777168818151518181781610109111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150113969678494965614497555598104945483260307251269214214
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
E
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
1.41
8:39AM
1.69
9:25PM
1.47
9:17AM
1.55
9:51PM
1.50
9:55AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.20
3:18PM
-0.20
3:25AM
0.14
3:44PM
-0.06
4:05AM
0.11
Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:15---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:50-------5:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514141416171817161616151717171616161515171820
Feels °C (?)141513121315161615151516141515161515161515161515
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