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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.3°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 4AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141417171717171415161616151515141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144188188186183183236173200212212144140217339348348277266249242239301242
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
5
ESE
0
E
5
SSE
10
S
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
0
WNW
0
E
0
NNW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
1.63
8:57AM
1.38
8:57PM
1.76
9:44AM
1.32
9:29PM
1.84
10:34AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
-0.09
2:50PM
0.12
3:41AM
-0.23
3:21PM
0.22
4:26AM
-0.32
3:52PM
0.34
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:16---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615151617181716161616161919191817171717202020
Feels °C (?)161715161616161516151514141816161618181717191718
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