Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 14 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 0.5m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Afternoon (15 Mar)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)222220202020202019181818181818171716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181154237186256407304298383283276565528522510505476469463457457452421400
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
W
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
0
S
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crossononononglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
1.62
7:25AM
2.04
8:53PM
1.71
8:04AM
2.11
9:10PM
1.82
8:42AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.11
2:25PM
0.30
2:05AM
0.95
2:50PM
0.28
2:42AM
0.79
3:15PM
0.30
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:00---
Sunset-------6:59-------7:00-------7:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161618191918181818192223222119181920222322
Feels °C (?)161515161617181717181818192020192018171920212120
  • 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

Latest Updates

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 Santa Ana River Jetties 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