San Clemente State Park Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.40° N 117.61° W

San Clemente State Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Clemente State Park sea temperature is
23.1°C
3.2° 

San Clemente State Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at San Clemente State Park today (06 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for San Clemente State Park at 8PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (06 Sep)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
14
1.5
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.4
SSW
14
1.5
S
12
1.8
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
12
1.8
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
10
1.1
SSW
10
1
SSW
10
1
SSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1347
737
1121
721
679
1363
1341
1025
996
986
454
683
455
380
373
560
237
232
190
186
Wind (km/h)
15
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
0
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
5:56PM1.74m
7:51AM1.26m
6:54PM1.85m
8:19AM1.38m
7:43PM1.91m
Low Tide
11:51AM0.84m
1:25AM-0.13m
12:54PM0.67m
2:04AM-0.19m
1:43PM0.49m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:08
7:07
7:06
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
25
26
26
25
24
24
25
28
28
27
26
26
26
26
27
29
29
28
25
26
Feels °C
25
26
26
25
24
24
26
29
27
26
25
26
27
27
28
28
27
26
25
28
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