San Clemente State Park Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.40° N 117.61° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	12	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	366	346	264	207	128	195	173	126	171	236	112	168	119	115	112	83	165	162	110	119	117	77	77	103
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	WNW	NW	S	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	W	W	W	NW	NW	WSW	ESE	SE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 1.76					8:37AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.75				9:01AM 1.55				8:52PM 1.70				9:24AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 0.52					2:27AM -0.08				2:21PM 0.40				2:54AM -0.02				2:57PM 0.30				3:19AM 0.06

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	21	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	24	24	22	24	24	24	24	25	24	22	23	23	22	22	23	24	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Wind reports 29 km away suggest it is still onshore at San Clemente State Park (light winds from the SW at Camp Pendleton Airport). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 8s swell from the S and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 5s windswell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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29 km away, 2 h 25 min ago

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20.8

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