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Huntington Beach surf break

Huntington Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 8AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)171616151514141413151213151414131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1018912717015714813813481737881155150140128126119767573464642
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
0
NE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
2.12
8:45PM
1.48
7:08AM
2.21
9:11PM
1.51
7:43AM
2.28
9:38PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
1.22
2:02PM
0.27
12:51AM
1.18
2:34PM
0.19
1:28AM
1.14
3:05PM
0.14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:07-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222221202120202020191819222221202020202123232322
Feels °C (?)201919181917181818171617191817181717171719191918
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