Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.6°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 4PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)101012161611151515151515141414141414131413131310
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2121201696797891255756568584818080805279454069686871
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
0
SE
0
ENE
0
E
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
ESE
20
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
2.18
8:39PM
1.58
7:40AM
2.21
9:19PM
1.55
8:07AM
2.22
10:01PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.29
1:27AM
1.02
2:51PM
0.24
1:54AM
1.08
3:26PM
0.23
2:20AM
1.14
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:28-------
Sunset---4:46-------4:46-------4:45----
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11------------------414151
Temp. °C141515151515151514151616161615151515151513121213
Feels °C (?)131313131414141413131312131413111412131211969
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