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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 3 am Wednesday 07 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 1km away, View from Huntington Beach Pier

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

The current surf forecast for Santa Ana River Jetties at 7AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.7
W
2
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.8
WNW
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111110991357888998887131313131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858479474357348214313841556634232848220110350593535348448
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
W
10
WNW
20
NW
35
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassonononglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
1.72
11:22AM
1.95
1:10AM
1.75
12:14PM
1.68
1:56AM
1.78
1:21PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
1.07
6:21PM
0.40
6:44AM
1.09
6:57PM
0.61
8:12AM
1.06
7:33PM
0.80
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----4:59-------5:00-------5:00--
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C171615161616161615151415161817161514141518191717
Feels °C (?)16151415141314161514121071311111098914151212
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