Santa Ana River Jetties surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 Apr 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.1°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 1PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
1
W
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)1515151514141414141414141414131318813131313168
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42842834333933432023923623623623618017817517317015412312112111990127217
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22PM
2.01
1:34PM
1.31
11:52PM
1.92
12:30AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.55
5:03PM
1.20
7:56AM
0.64
9:23AM
0.68
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:15-------7:16--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818192019171616161618181818181717171919191818
Feels °C (?)181818191717151415151517171617171617171817171717
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