Salt Creek Beach Park Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Orange County, USA)

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Salt Creek Beach Park Surf Guide

Salt Creek Beach Park in Orange County is an exposed beach and reef break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the east northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the south southwest. A choice of left and right reefs. Best around mid tide. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for rocks.

Salt Creek Beach Park Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	3	fairly consistent	17.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Salt Creek Beach Park:

The best conditions reported for surf at Salt Creek Beach Park occur when a South-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Salt Creek Beach Park (for consistent clean waves)?

julyBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Salt Creek Beach Park with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of July. Clean surfable waves are typically found 52% of the time in July while 44% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 4% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

52%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

44%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Salt Creek Beach Park Location Map

Interactive Salt Creek Beach Park surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Salt Creek Beach Park is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Salt Creek Beach Park is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA, 27 km (17 miles) away.

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Salt Creek Beach Park Surf Forecasts:

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16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 10:41 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 07
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

What does Salt Creek Beach Park look like?

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Tides at Salt Creek Beach Park

Current tide and informaton

For Dana Point, 3 km from Salt Creek Beach Park.

Next High Water: 12:57am | 1.77m

Next Low Water: 09:31am | 0.59m

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Salt Creek Beach Park Sea Temperature

The water temperature (17.7 °C) at Salt Creek Beach Park is relatively warm. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a summer wetsuit. Effective air temperature of 16.0 °C.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite