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Salt Creek Heroins surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 PST
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Salt Creek Heroins surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salt Creek Heroins sea temperature is
16.5° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salt Creek Heroins today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Creek Heroins at 3AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Salt Creek Heroins. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141413131313191918171616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1311271241227472109106104976159588987666910410187127168157146
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
E
5
NE
0
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NW
5
SSE
0
SE
5
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
0
S
5
NNE
0
S
0
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
1.30
5:07AM
1.96
7:42PM
1.37
5:49AM
2.03
8:14PM
1.44
6:29AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
1.20
12:52PM
0.51
11:18PM
1.23
1:27PM
0.38
12:09AM
1.21
2:00PM
0.28
Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:02-------5:04-------5:05
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. °C201918191920212020201918192021211920212019202120
Feels °C (?)171715151617171616171716171818171717191717181817
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