40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 19 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)131313121212151413131212121111161616141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87835147444569146121117108103979199656569676486858685
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
ENE
0
SSE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
onglasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
1.13
9:17AM
1.73
10:53PM
1.18
9:52AM
1.63
11:23PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
-0.27
3:17AM
0.58
4:33PM
-0.23
3:59AM
0.56
5:02PM
-0.14
4:47AM
0.54
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:52-
Sunset-5:09-------5:09-------5:10------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181918181920191817171716171817161716161616
Feels °C (?)171718181817161718171715161614161616151515161515
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