Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.54° N 117.78° W

Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay sea temperature is
23.2°C
4.3° 

Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay today (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay at 1AM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Fri night, strong winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
20
0.7
SSW
19
0.6
SSW
19
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
291
298
432
432
391
289
268
326
356
448
448
582
340
306
302
298
493
487
532
481
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WSW
10
W
20
NW
35
WNW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:17PM1.91m
9:19AM2.19m
10:00PM1.81m
9:44AM2.21m
10:43PM1.68m
Low Tide
3:13PM0.42m
3:07AM0.60m
3:51PM0.33m
3:33AM0.74m
4:29PM0.31m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
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6:52
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6:23
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6:22
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6
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1
Temp °C
23
24
23
22
22
23
22
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
19
18
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
23
24
24
23
23
24
23
24
22
22
22
24
21
18
14
13
16
17
17
17
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