Salt Creek Middles surf break

Salt Creek Middles surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 PDT
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Salt Creek Middles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salt Creek Middles sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salt Creek Middles today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Creek Middles at 11PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (05 May)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Short Range Forecast

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

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
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
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
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
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.9
W
7
0.8
W
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
142
142
142
176
242
248
251
251
196
148
133
134
134
136
136
136
100
99
97
91
62
61
74
59
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
S
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
on
on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
1:39PM1.35m
11:25PM1.97m
3:30PM1.34m
00:04AM1.88m
00:57AM1.77m
Low Tide
4:43PM1.27m
7:28AM0.51m
4:48PM1.34m
8:29AM0.56m
9:31AM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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5:58
5:56
5:56
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7:36
7:37
7:37
7:37
Temp °C
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
16
18
12
12
12
14
15
14
13
14
14
14
14
16
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
15
14
15
17
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.7
W
5
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
W
5
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.9
W
7
0.8
W
7
Energy kJ
142
142
142
24
242
248
251
251
196
148
133
134
18
31
32
24
24
24
22
29
31
50
74
59
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.2
WNW
13
0.6
SW
15
0.7
W
5
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
5
0.5
W
5
0.5
W
4
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
Energy kJ
25
25
17
176
25
22
24
23
15
13
12
9
134
136
136
136
100
99
97
91
62
61
44
44
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
18
0.2
WNW
13
0.2
S
12
0.2
WNW
13
0.2
WNW
13
0.3
S
11
0.3
SSE
11
0.3
S
11
0.3
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.3
SW
19
0.3
SW
19
0.3
SW
20
0.1
SW
20
0.2
SSW
19
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
11
0.3
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
12
0.2
WNW
12
0.2
SSW
16
Energy kJ
49
17
11
17
17
21
23
21
21
9
9
59
59
60
15
37
12
17
25
25
13
14
14
26
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
W
4
0.7
W
5
0.8
W
5
Energy kJ
19
21
28
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
546
113
99
91
0
0
19
72
72
101
4
4
0
0
4
72
190
101
0
0
72
0
0
71
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
7
9
9
6
6
4
7
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
7
8
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