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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 10PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313161615141414121414131313131313131320201818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59585582807640414030676656563334343435333375114107
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
W
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		offoffoffoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
1.00
2:23AM
1.33
2:39PM
0.82
3:16AM
1.37
4:48PM
0.77
4:09AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
0.35
9:28AM
0.52
7:55PM
0.52
11:06AM
0.37
8:46PM
0.66
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset-5:00-------5:00-------5:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615131313131618191716161516181920191818171719
Feels °C (?)13121188881214151310111011141516151413121215
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