- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Riviera Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Riviera today?
The current surf forecast for Riviera at 4AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (17 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Riviera. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 200 | 212 | 212 | 144 | 140 | 217 | 339 | 348 | 348 | 277 | 266 | 249 | 242 | 239 | 301 | 305 | 239 | 236 | 180 | 170 | 163 | 207 | 207 | 204 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | on | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:57PM 1.76 | 9:44AM 1.32 | 9:29PM 1.84 | 10:34AM 1.21 | 10:04PM 1.87 | 11:29AM 1.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:41AM -0.23 | 3:21PM 0.22 | 4:26AM -0.32 | 3:52PM 0.34 | 5:16AM -0.34 | 4:26PM 0.46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 |
 | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Riviera surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest