Huntington Beach surf break

Huntington Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.4°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 6PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

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 Huntington Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414161717171716151616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1671691691911441211211201181181631631952121491479289246253253253186128
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
S
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.90
8:40PM
2.17
9:12AM
1.87
9:09PM
2.31
10:02AM
1.80
9:41PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.53
3:07AM
0.37
2:54PM
0.62
3:50AM
0.20
3:26PM
0.73
4:37AM
0.10
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:23----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151717171615151516171717171616161719192018171717
Feels °C (?)151614141515151515151415161514141518151616151617
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