Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 1PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
W
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414141313131313131313131616168161616161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302302239236232176173173171171168125123119163208208208211127211271381547
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
ononglassglasscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.40
2:25PM
0.73
11:56PM
1.30
12:54AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
0.18
4:36PM
0.71
8:55AM
0.24
10:34AM
0.23
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise--6:30-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161516181919171818171820202019181717182020191717
Feels °C (?)161515171819171818171819191919171615171919171617
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