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Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 09 Jan 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 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 3AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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Fri
09
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10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
NW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)131616151414141214141313131313131313202018181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5582807640414030676656563334343434443375114107154159
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
10
W
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on		offoffoffoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.33
2:39PM
0.82
3:16AM
1.37
4:48PM
0.77
4:09AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
0.35
9:28AM
0.52
7:55PM
0.52
11:06AM
0.37
8:46PM
0.66
12:06PM
0.21
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151313131315171917161616161819202019181717192121
Feels °C (?)11888811141513101111111415161615131212161717
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