Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay surf break

Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay at 9PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

Table - waves today at Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414141414141414131313131413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28728328729428320920320327627620614413613613213012818418413112178131129
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
5
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
N
10
NW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
2.11
8:33AM
1.77
7:47PM
2.14
8:56AM
1.85
8:28PM
2.12
9:19AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
1.08
2:01AM
0.22
1:50PM
0.93
2:34AM
0.24
2:29PM
0.79
3:02AM
0.31
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:37-
Sunset-6:54-------6:52-------6:52------
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---241----------------
Temp. °C212121222121212323232221212120212120191919191920
Feels °C (?)222123222021232524242423232321232220192021212121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay (calm at Costa Mesa Airport 17 km from Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay). 0.6m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 4s local chop from the W as well as a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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