- 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 am Thursday 02 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
18.4° 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 6PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (02 Apr) | 1ft (0.3m) | 15s |
| Evening (02 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Riviera. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sun 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 61 | 44 | 38 | 38 | 66 | 65 | 103 | 96 | 113 | 97 | 73 | 68 | 188 | 183 | 263 | 252 | 315 | 398 | 304 | 298 | 284 | 432 | 526 | 520 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:55AM 1.33 | 9:55PM 1.62 | 10:32AM 1.21 | 10:18PM 1.60 | 11:11AM 1.08 | 10:39PM 1.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:45PM 0.17 | 4:33AM -0.06 | 4:06PM 0.29 | 5:09AM -0.05 | 4:25PM 0.42 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sun 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - |
 |  | |  |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
- 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