Riviera Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.41° N 117.61° W)

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Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

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

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

Today's Riviera sea temperature is 20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 8AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	SSW	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	16	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	283	268	264	264	366	346	264	207	128	195	173	126	171	236	112	125	119	115	112	168	119	165	119	119
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	ENE	S	WSW	W	W	SW	S	SSE	S	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:12AM 1.40			7:36PM 1.76					8:37AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.75				9:01AM 1.55				8:52PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55AM -0.09				1:43PM 0.52					2:27AM -0.08				2:21PM 0.40				2:54AM -0.02				2:57PM 0.30

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Riviera (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 29 km from Riviera). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 33 minutes ago Riviera

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20.8

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