Huntington Beach surf break

Huntington Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Huntington Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Huntington Beach sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Huntington Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Huntington Beach at 1AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Huntington Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414141313131314131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28729428320920320327627620614413613613213012818418413112178131129127117
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
ENE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
S
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassonononcross-
on
onglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
2.11
8:34AM
1.77
7:48PM
2.14
8:58AM
1.85
8:29PM
2.12
9:20AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.22
1:51PM
0.93
2:35AM
0.24
2:30PM
0.79
3:03AM
0.31
3:07PM
0.68
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------6:53-------6:52-------6:52
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-12--------------------
Temp. °C202122222324232222212121212222212120202020222221
Feels °C (?)202221222426242223222323232321202121222222232220
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Huntington Beach (light winds from the N at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 13 km from Huntington Beach). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.4m 5s windswell from the W as well as a 0.3m 9s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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N
Clean
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