Huntington Beach surf break

Huntington Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 12 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.5°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 4AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
W
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
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151515141414141414714131616161613141415151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246249314246239229156156158158165192141147147147147102143160167169169191
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
0
W
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
1.73
6:51AM
1.84
7:56PM
1.86
7:38AM
1.88
8:16PM
2.02
8:25AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.03
1:27PM
0.46
1:48AM
0.81
1:55PM
0.48
2:26AM
0.58
2:24PM
0.53
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615151516161616161615151717171716151515161717
Feels °C (?)131313131313101010121614121514141415141313141415
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