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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.9°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: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
3
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
S
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
Period(s) (?)131213121212121515191919181818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11310314085831011218676192192188159227516395395297264254254326326326
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
0
W
0
WNW
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.97
11:31PM
1.75
1:58PM
0.89
12:29AM
1.60
3:47PM
0.91
1:49AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.59
7:16AM
-0.20
5:50PM
0.71
8:32AM
-0.11
7:17PM
0.81
9:55AM
-0.06
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:13-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset-7:23-------7:24-------7:25------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181816161615161818181716161515161616161615141518
Feels °C (?)171615171614161615161513131213131313141414121316
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our San Clemente State Park surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest