Newport Point Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.61° N 117.93° W)

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Newport Point surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT

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

Today's Newport Point sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Newport Point today?

The current surf forecast for Newport Point at 5PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Newport Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SW	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	276	276	206	144	136	136	132	130	128	184	184	131	121	78	131	129	117	117	82	85	84	77	74	73
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SW	SSE	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 1.75					8:54AM 1.46				8:26PM 1.73				9:16AM 1.52				9:02PM 1.67				9:37AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	1:56PM 0.55					2:40AM -0.09				2:35PM 0.42				3:08AM -0.03				3:11PM 0.32				3:33AM 0.07

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	20	21
Feels °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	24	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	23	21	21	22	21	20	21	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Wind reports 9 km away suggest it is still onshore at Newport Point (light winds from the SSW at Costa Mesa Airport). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the S and a 0.2m 5s windswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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