Newport Beach surf break

Newport Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 PDT
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Newport Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newport Beach sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newport Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newport Beach at 2PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (19 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (19 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414161616161616171414151515151215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1461421421401401361381361277093129127103103711311021041071071094237
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
W
5
SSE
5
S
0
E
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
1.66
8:53PM
1.40
8:51AM
1.71
9:29PM
1.32
9:10AM
1.73
10:05PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
0.16
2:46AM
0.33
3:34PM
0.09
3:06AM
0.43
4:05PM
0.04
3:25AM
0.54
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:12-------6:10----
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)
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Temp. °C192122212020201919212222201919191820201918181717
Feels °C (?)192121202021201919212020191819191820191817181617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 9 km away suggest it is still onshore at Newport Beach (light winds from the SSW at Costa Mesa Airport). 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SSW
Onshore
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