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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 10 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
15.4° 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: 0.7m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)19s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)202020191919191818181817171717161616161616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)388377373480470460450422399318300297297399385337259248248248245250210156
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
NW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
5
WSW
0
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
0
WSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassononglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.73
8:28PM
1.48
5:52AM
1.82
8:29PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
0.69
12:55PM
0.57
12:02AM
1.37
1:30PM
0.46
12:52AM
1.25
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise7:07-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:57-------6:57----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121518191919212223252929262525232324262422201818
Feels °C (?)121415161718202121222423222223212122232121181717
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