San Clemente State Park surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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San Clemente State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Clemente State Park sea temperature is
21.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Clemente State Park today?

The current surf forecast for San Clemente State Park at 12PM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)20s
Afternoon (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

Table - waves today at San Clemente State Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)202020191918181818181716161616161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)390422448531502551615614594531664586523573577572582436375429469433459437
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
20
W
15
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
0
NNE
10
WSW
15
WNW
25
NW
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
1.07
4:38PM
1.57
7:19AM
1.19
5:54PM
1.65
7:46AM
1.30
6:51PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.96
12:30AM
0.01
12:02PM
0.84
1:18AM
-0.07
12:59PM
0.67
1:55AM
-0.09
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---6:57-------6:54-------6:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------------1---14
Temp. °C202223232222222324262625222223232224252426252121
Feels °C (?)222223242324232425262525232224242324242126252322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Clemente State Park (light winds from the N at Camp Pendleton Airport 29 km from San Clemente State Park). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 20s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
N
0.0
21.1
Air / Water (°C)
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