40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.1°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 6AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131313161688161616161718181818181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17317016712312112111990127127141159148127127214309399399399404280249373
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.30
1:23AM
1.21
3:22AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.21
10:53AM
0.19
11:55AM
0.12
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:30-------6:28-------6:26---
Sunset-------7:16-------7:16-------7:17
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171719202019181817181919191817171717181818
Feels °C (?)171717171719191919171716171817161616171717171515
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