Huntington Cliffs Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.68° N 118.04° W)

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Huntington Cliffs surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT

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Huntington Cliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Huntington Cliffs sea temperature is 20.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Huntington Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Huntington Cliffs at 10PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	17s
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

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	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	381	351	339	334	334	330	416	385	287	283	300	294	283	209	203	203	276	276	206	144	136	136	134	130
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WSW	SW	WNW	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	NW	N	W	WNW	W	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:04PM 2.05					8:08AM 1.68			7:02PM 2.11					8:34AM 1.77			7:48PM 2.14					8:58AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	12:07PM 1.24				1:24AM 0.24				1:06PM 1.08					2:03AM 0.22			1:51PM 0.93					2:35AM 0.24

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	22	20	20	20	20	21	23	22	21	21	23	20	21	22	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	24	23	23	20	21	21	20	21	22	21	21	21	23	20	23	25	24	23	24	23	23	23	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Huntington Cliffs (light winds from the WNW at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 9 km from Huntington Cliffs). 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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