Santa Ana River Jetties Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.65° N 117.99° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 10AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	283	209	203	203	276	276	206	144	136	136	132	130	128	184	184	100	121	112	131	129	127	117	82	85
Wind (km/h)	WNW	N	N	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				8:34AM 1.77			7:48PM 2.14					8:58AM 1.85				8:29PM 2.12				9:20AM 1.92				9:07PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 0.22			1:51PM 0.93					2:35AM 0.24				2:30PM 0.79				3:03AM 0.31				3:07PM 0.68

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	3	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	22	24	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	20
Feels °C (?)	20	21	24	25	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update calm at Irvine mean that is clean at Santa Ana River Jetties. 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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