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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 9 am Thursday 22 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 2PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (22 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313141211121313131313131317171416161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858584822643454444444444444423271850494747454342
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
E
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
on		glassglassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
1.96
12:02AM
1.77
11:22AM
1.75
12:39AM
1.84
12:20PM
1.51
1:24AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
1.00
5:26PM
0.42
5:41AM
0.99
5:55PM
0.58
6:53AM
0.95
6:26PM
0.75
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
Sunrise6:54-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:13-------5:14-------5:14----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---31-------------------
Temp. °C141516141415151514151616161515141415141414141414
Feels °C (?)131413131213141513141414151415131314111212131414
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