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Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 14 Feb 2026 PST
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 9PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)--
Afternoon (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.6
S
1.5
WSW
2.1
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.5
W
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131313141414141312121212151257788898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1029999996810769686664585757375542131198432504491508343356
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
40
SSE
20
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
15
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassglasscrossglassglasscrossonononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
1.10
7:17AM
1.69
8:36PM
1.17
7:50AM
1.73
8:59PM
1.25
8:24AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
-0.21
1:13AM
0.54
2:24PM
-0.26
1:48AM
0.44
2:50PM
-0.28
2:23AM
0.35
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:31-
Sunset-5:32-------5:34-------5:35------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------31132231-
Temp. °C161614141414141515151414141313141314141414141314
Feels °C (?)14151413131314141313131212109851088881012
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