Laguna Beach - South Crescent Bay surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 8AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414161717171713151616161515151414151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12112011811816316019521214914692101246253253253186128167165218222165163
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
20
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
5
W
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.87
9:08PM
2.30
10:00AM
1.80
9:40PM
2.39
10:53AM
1.69
10:16PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.37
2:53PM
0.62
3:49AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.73
4:36AM
0.11
3:57PM
0.86
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:16-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616171717161616161618191917171717171919201818
Feels °C (?)171716151515151414141416171714171617171816171718
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