Salt Creek Heroins surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 PDT
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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
17.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)--
Afternoon (06 May)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (06 May)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Sat
9
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.3
SW
18
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SSW
21
0.5
SSW
21
0.4
SSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
162
148
97
99
99
100
100
100
100
99
97
48
50
58
58
46
46
78
123
123
81
170
241
132
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:30PM1.34m
00:04AM1.88m
00:57AM1.77m
5:58PM1.48m
2:14AM1.68m
Low Tide
4:48PM1.34m
8:29AM0.56m
9:31AM0.59m
8:43PM1.45m
10:24AM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:56
5:56
5:54
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7:37
7:37
7:37
7:38
Temp °C
16
17
16
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
17
18
14
14
14
15
15
15
16
17
16
17
16
15
15
13
15
16
16
16
18
18
16
15
16
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
SW
14
0.6
W
5
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.4
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.6
W
7
0.6
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.8
W
8
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.7
W
8
Energy kJ
162
148
97
16
30
32
35
26
18
18
11
17
36
58
58
46
46
34
53
53
78
67
65
57
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
W
5
0.2
S
11
0.1
SW
20
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SSW
21
0.5
SSW
21
0.4
SSW
20
Energy kJ
8
9
15
99
99
100
100
100
100
99
97
48
45
44
44
44
44
78
123
123
81
170
241
132
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
11
0.1
SW
20
0.2
S
11
0.3
SW
19
0.3
SW
19
0.2
WSW
20
0.1
SW
20
0.1
SW
19
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
10
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.3
SW
18
0.1
SW
18
0.3
SW
18
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.2
SSW
12
0.4
SW
15
Energy kJ
9
15
9
59
59
37
15
15
2
2
33
34
50
13
48
26
26
44
27
27
26
28
15
60
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
W
5
0.5
W
4
Energy kJ
8
6
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
Distance (km)
545
102
5
81
0
8
49
71
220
102
102
0
46
0
0
71
102
102
0
0
49
62
46
71
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
2
1
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
6
6
5
7
5
5
5
7
7
6
7
6
5
6
7
9
6
5
5
5
4
9
5
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