Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 3PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141413131321212120202020191919191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421421401381361331278988888711511511267666597184184184181166155
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SE
5
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononononglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.70
11:27PM
2.25
12:43PM
1.51
12:08AM
2.21
2:09PM
1.35
1:00AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
0.35
5:05PM
0.80
6:29AM
0.37
5:34PM
0.97
7:36AM
0.42
6:06PM
1.14
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:54-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:04-------7:05-------7:05----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172022212019181818212121201919181821222220201919
Feels °C (?)192121202019181918201919201919181820202019201920
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