Salt Creek Heroins surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 24 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.5°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 9AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
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
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
13
1.1
W
6
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
1
W
5
1.1
W
5
1
W
5
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
209
209
155
153
148
134
130
90
90
90
89
89
87
83
75
47
46
46
59
49
45
45
45
45
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
3:37AM1.86m
6:22PM1.69m
5:06AM1.82m
6:56PM1.82m
6:17AM1.80m
7:24PM1.93m
Low Tide
11:13AM0.38m
11:33PM1.19m
12:06PM0.41m
00:38AM0.99m
12:49PM0.47m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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6:09
6:09
6:07
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7:28
7:29
7:29
1
2
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
15
14
15
16
15
15
14
13
14
13
12
12
12
10
11
10
11
11
11
11
12
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
15
0.7
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.6
W
7
0.6
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.9
W
6
0.9
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
Energy kJ
209
42
60
62
48
34
29
46
64
63
48
45
87
83
75
47
46
46
46
45
45
45
45
45
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
6
0.7
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.3
W
15
0.3
W
15
0.3
W
15
0.2
W
14
0.2
W
14
0.3
W
14
0.3
W
14
0.3
W
14
0.3
W
15
0.3
SW
15
0.2
SSW
15
0.3
SW
15
Energy kJ
31
209
155
153
148
134
130
90
90
90
89
89
40
38
38
16
16
37
37
37
38
34
21
34
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
W
14
0.2
W
14
0.2
W
14
0.2
W
13
0.2
WSW
15
0.2
WSW
15
0.2
W
16
0.2
W
16
0.2
W
16
0.2
W
14
0.3
W
16
0.3
W
16
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
WSW
14
0.1
SW
17
0.2
W
16
0.2
W
16
0.2
W
13
Energy kJ
15
15
14
14
21
21
20
20
20
15
44
43
7
7
7
7
7
7
31
19
12
20
20
14
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
W
7
1
W
6
1.1
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
5
0.7
W
4
0.9
W
4
1
W
5
1.1
W
5
1
W
5
0.8
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
Energy kJ
76
73
85
32
30
20
16
29
45
59
49
31
39
40
42
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
Distance (km)
16
37
71
71
71
112
102
19
102
102
102
102
545
545
98
98
98
98
98
238
1085
545
475
98
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
1
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
9
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
8
5
5
6
6
5
5
5
9
8
7
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