Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 09 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
15.5° 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 11AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212121211111111222221212121202020191919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26262524232825254125221384154233233329320388377373480470460
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassononononcross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
1.86
3:36PM
1.19
1:28AM
1.78
2:46AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.78
5:17PM
1.19
10:28AM
0.78
12:02PM
0.69
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise--7:09-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----6:53-------6:54-------6:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161616161616151516161615141414141719202021
Feels °C (?)111414141313141415141515141414141415141616161719
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