Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 04 Aug 2025 PDT
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Sunset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset Beach sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)--
Evening (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

Table - waves today at Sunset Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Mon
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
Thursday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141419181717171717171616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)145189199203156221206251251247248252387363344250244244323324317299277336
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
ononononglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.35
10:18AM
0.90
8:21PM
1.44
10:36AM
0.94
9:01PM
1.54
10:57AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.01
2:14PM
0.54
4:05AM
-0.05
2:57PM
0.50
4:36AM
-0.11
3:36PM
0.45
Mon
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
Thursday
07
Sunrise----6:05-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset-------7:49-------7:47-------7:46
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919191922232322212020212425252322212122262626
Feels °C (?)211920202022222222222121222423232222212122252424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sunset Beach (light winds from the SSE at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 7 km from Sunset Beach). 0.5m 9s swell from the S with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
SSE
Clean
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