Salt Creek Heroins surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 05 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 4AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)2ft (0.6m)16s
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 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
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
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SSW
16
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
0.8
W
7
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
142
146
158
196
198
162
162
148
97
97
99
100
100
100
100
99
97
48
50
56
60
58
44
78
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
W
0
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
11:25PM1.97m
3:30PM1.34m
00:04AM1.88m
00:57AM1.77m
Low Tide
7:28AM0.51m
4:48PM1.34m
8:29AM0.56m
9:31AM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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5:58
5:56
5:56
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7:37
7:37
7:37
Temp °C
15
15
15
14
15
16
16
17
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
17
17
17
12
14
15
13
14
15
14
14
13
15
15
15
16
16
16
17
17
16
15
13
15
16
16
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
W
5
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
W
5
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.6
W
7
Energy kJ
142
146
19
196
198
162
162
148
97
97
12
32
33
25
17
16
16
16
36
56
60
58
42
31
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.4
W
5
0.4
W
5
0.1
SW
20
0.3
SW
19
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
Energy kJ
11
10
158
21
22
15
8
8
15
59
99
100
100
100
100
99
97
48
45
44
44
44
44
78
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
21
0.1
SW
21
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
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
Energy kJ
18
18
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
59
37
15
15
2
2
33
34
50
13
48
26
26
44
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.4
W
5
0.5
W
4
Energy kJ
29
24
7
8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
98
37
0
0
14
71
102
102
98
5
0
8
20
71
220
102
0
0
0
0
0
71
151
102
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
9
9
5
6
7
5
4
5
7
5
5
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
6
7
6
6
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