Huntington Beach surf break

Huntington Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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
17.9° C
(Which is 3.0°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 7AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)21s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)20s

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


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)667788212020201919181818181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)417411010792577668119194263258318402314307297432427526520507488306
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
SE
5
E
0
WSW
0
WNW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSE
5
S
0
S
5
SE
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
offcrosscross-
off
glassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
2.14
10:56AM
1.70
10:31PM
2.13
11:39AM
1.56
10:56PM
2.08
12:27PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:46AM
0.39
4:19PM
0.85
5:24AM
0.40
4:39PM
0.98
6:05AM
0.46
4:56PM
1.10
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:14-------7:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171615151520252523242019192223221918181818202119
Feels °C (?)161614141517232219191717172018191716171717181716
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