Surfside Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Surfside Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for Surfside Jetty at 4AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515141414141514141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)339334334330416380283283287294287209203203280280287142136136134132179176
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
SW
5
SW
10
WNW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
10
N
15
NE
0
NNE
0
E
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcrossonononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
2.06
8:10AM
1.69
7:03PM
2.12
8:35AM
1.78
7:50PM
2.15
8:59AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.24
1:07PM
1.09
2:04AM
0.22
1:53PM
0.94
2:36AM
0.25
2:32PM
0.80
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:35-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------6:55-------6:54-------6:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------112----------
Temp. °C232120212021232122212223232425232222212121222323
Feels °C (?)232121221921222123212223262725242324232323232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Surfside Jetty (light winds from the S at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 7 km from Surfside Jetty). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the WNW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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