Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Riviera today?

The current surf forecast for Riviera at 5AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (14 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Sat
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141421202020191918181818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131128208183186186178166163163168227212279276369361451413404522516493454
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
0
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
SSW
0
SSW
5
WSW
0
SW
0
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
WNW
0
WNW
0
W
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
0.94
3:00PM
1.56
6:48AM
1.07
4:38PM
1.57
7:19AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.19
7:31AM
0.93
11:23PM
0.11
10:24AM
0.96
12:30AM
0.01
12:02PM
0.84
Sat
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise----6:31-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------6:58-------6:57-------6:54
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181921222119202020212424242222232324262625
Feels °C (?)202019192121222121222222232524252424252425262524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Riviera (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 29 km from Riviera). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.1m 14s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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