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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 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 3.2°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: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)151919191818181818171616161616161615151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76192192188159227516395395297264254254326326326318161212209272209209206
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
S
10
SW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
0.89
12:29AM
1.60
3:47PM
0.91
1:49AM
1.45
5:14PM
1.01
3:26AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
0.71
8:32AM
-0.11
7:17PM
0.81
9:55AM
-0.06
9:32PM
0.82
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:11-------6:11-------6:09-
Sunset-7:24-------7:25-------7:25------
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717161615161616161615141415181818171716151617
Feels °C (?)161514131414151312121313131213171616151715141514
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