Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Santa Ana River Jetties at 11PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
W
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414714131616161613141415151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156156158158156192141147147147147102143158167169169191191121121120118118
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
15
WSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
1.86
7:38AM
1.88
8:16PM
2.02
8:25AM
1.90
8:40PM
2.17
9:12AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
0.46
1:48AM
0.81
1:55PM
0.48
2:26AM
0.58
2:24PM
0.53
3:07AM
0.37
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-7:21-------7:21-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161515151717171716151515171717171616161617
Feels °C (?)111011131313131614141415141413151515161616151414
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