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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.4°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 6PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181818171616161616161616161515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154252252252316312241219211208208206261258255198191150146142142140138138
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
N
0
W
0
SW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
SW
5
N
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
0
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.76
1:56AM
1.45
6:27PM
0.88
3:42AM
1.40
6:56PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.02
6:16PM
0.73
10:29AM
0.01
8:58PM
0.85
11:51AM
-0.08
11:21PM
0.77
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:48-------6:47-------6:46-------
Sunset---7:04-------7:05-------7:06----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151820191817181818212121191918192022222221202021
Feels °C (?)161920191918191917202020191918191921212121202021
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