Newport Beach surf break

Newport Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 31 Aug 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
22.4° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newport Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newport Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)3ft (0.9m)17s
Afternoon (31 Aug)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161616161515151515151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)538518477558531555549534508496492483425425424417424388394387341350374397
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
S
5
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18PM
1.33
4:56PM
1.39
8:27AM
1.08
6:03PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
0.30
1:12AM
0.17
12:08PM
0.97
1:48AM
0.05
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:16-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202324242222222122242525232222222326262827242323
Feels °C (?)222424242223242223242424242323232527252625242423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Newport Beach (light winds from the WSW at Costa Mesa Airport 9 km from Newport Beach). 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 5s windswell from the W as well as a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
WSW
Onshore
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