Riviera surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
18.5° 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 2AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131616161616161616161718181818181815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173173171171168125123125163208208208211127211271434547491547491399280403
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
0
N
5
ESE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
1.30
12:54AM
1.19
3:20AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.24
10:34AM
0.23
11:42AM
0.15
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:26---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:15-------7:16
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717171719202019181717182020191817171617191918
Feels °C (?)181717171718191919181616171919171718171717181716
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