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Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 19 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 7AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)141313131313131212121514131313121212111616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1509212812687878577464670153176166156144139989912517170104101
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SW
5
WSW
0
SSE
0
ENE
0
NE
0
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglasscrossonglasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
1.77
10:06PM
1.16
9:09AM
1.73
10:36PM
1.20
9:43AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.55
3:50PM
-0.27
3:07AM
0.53
4:19PM
-0.23
3:47AM
0.51
4:47PM
-0.15
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----5:08-------5:09-------5:10--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191819202018191919191920202018181818171819181716
Feels °C (?)181617181817191817181717181816171617161717171715
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