Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 PDT
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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
19.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


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

The current surf forecast for Santa Ana River Jetties at 2PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (16 Jul)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)181717161616161616161515151515141515151515141414141414141414131313141414141414131313131318171217171818171516161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)423532541397381502426426423335345365584348434258275248281272268175174137192189199243180165141145146136156177111117116103104105100126113110143128128161118127164188254352244230218246
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
W
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
1.86
2:13AM
1.49
3:16PM
1.95
3:57AM
1.32
4:11PM
2.05
5:59AM
1.29
5:09PM
2.15
7:33AM
1.36
6:09PM
2.26
8:35AM
1.45
7:05PM
2.36
9:21AM
1.53
7:57PM
2.43
10:01AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
0.57
8:47PM
0.95
8:16AM
0.75
10:20PM
0.80
9:04AM
0.92
11:46PM
0.60
10:08AM
1.06
12:54AM
0.38
11:24AM
1.15
1:50AM
0.19
12:35PM
1.16
2:39AM
0.04
1:36PM
1.12
3:23AM
-0.04
2:29PM
1.07
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset----8:01-------8:01-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00------7:59-------7:58
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Rain (mm)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Ana River Jetties (light winds from the N at Costa Mesa Airport 12 km from Santa Ana River Jetties). 0.4m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
N
Clean
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