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40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 15 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)161515141414131512131514141313131212121212121118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127170157148138134817378811551501401281261197675734643423957
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
0
NNE
5
W
5
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.62
8:44PM
1.00
7:02AM
1.69
9:07PM
1.04
7:36AM
1.75
9:32PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
-0.15
12:52AM
0.75
2:38PM
-0.21
1:29AM
0.70
3:07PM
-0.26
2:04AM
0.65
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---5:06-------5:07-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212022201920191818202222212121202021232323232222
Feels °C (?)191920191819171616181918171818171618191919191819
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