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Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

Santa Ana River Jetties surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 PST
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Santa Ana River Jetties surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Ana River Jetties sea temperature is
16.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 1km away, View from Huntington Beach Pier

How big are the waves at Santa Ana River Jetties today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Ana River Jetties at 9AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Santa Ana River Jetties. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)131313131313131320201818171616161616151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333333434343534407511310799911311271241227411010910610497
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
1.85
5:20PM
1.23
4:22AM
1.90
6:54PM
1.30
5:08AM
1.96
7:44PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
0.81
9:07PM
1.11
12:11PM
0.65
10:16PM
1.20
12:53PM
0.50
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:01-------5:02-------5:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716172022202019181818212221212019191921222120
Feels °C (?)131210111519171615141314171716171616151517171716
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