40th Street surf break

40th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 14 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.4°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 3AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161314141515151515151514141414141617171713111516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14710214315816716916919114412112112011811816316019821214914769114246253
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
W
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
0
E
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
1.48
8:23AM
1.39
8:36PM
1.63
9:09AM
1.36
9:04PM
1.76
9:56AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.10
2:32PM
0.07
3:10AM
-0.09
3:00PM
0.15
3:53AM
-0.24
3:31PM
0.26
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:20-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151517171717161616161718171716171717202020
Feels °C (?)131515151415141516161616151516151615151516191616
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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