40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 20 Dec 2025 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.3°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 9AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (20 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (20 Dec)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)777666109991212111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)767355282719161526267269615959595958575654514948
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
1.77
10:31PM
1.03
8:49AM
1.76
11:09PM
1.03
9:23AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.76
3:56PM
-0.20
2:37AM
0.77
4:32PM
-0.19
3:13AM
0.78
5:08PM
-0.16
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:46-------4:46--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414151717161616161617191917171717171819181717
Feels °C (?)131212131617161717161616171715171717161717161717
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