Surfside Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 PST
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Surfside Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Surfside Jetty sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Surfside Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for Surfside Jetty at 3AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (19 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Surfside Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)11117611106788887777714146661313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75569827018137938533967210931352108159337527796765740363225211717
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
WSW
25
SW
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
WNW
25
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SE
10
E
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
glassoffglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
1.90
9:54AM
2.05
10:38PM
1.97
10:36AM
1.86
11:09PM
2.02
11:26AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.73
4:18PM
0.42
4:40AM
0.69
4:44PM
0.58
5:34AM
0.67
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:31-------6:31-------6:30---
Sunset-------5:38-------5:39-------5:40
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----141----------------
Temp. °C131313131312141413121111101213131313121211131515
Feels °C (?)7888107763347710989109108111211
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