Poche Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 PDT
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Poche Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Poche Beach sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Poche Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Poche Beach at 6PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)--
Afternoon (21 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (21 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151612161616161815132114141414141414202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421461481488561871241241216980577253545454413333606097
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
10
SW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.67
9:36AM
2.15
10:53PM
1.58
10:00AM
2.13
11:37PM
1.48
10:26AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
0.35
3:26AM
0.90
4:33PM
0.34
3:47AM
1.01
5:10PM
0.37
4:06AM
1.10
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-
Sunset-6:09-------6:08-------6:07------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181817171818181818171717181818181818191921
Feels °C (?)181819181817171816151617171616171718171819202021
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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 San Onofre (light winds from the WSW at Camp Pendleton Airport 23 km from San Onofre). 0.4m 3s local chop from the W with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
WSW
0.0
17.6
Air / Water (°C)
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