Surfside Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 11AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)171616151514141413121313141414131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15413218124028826925825815615315812520319817917116811710810673717045
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
0
NNE
0
N
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
2.14
8:46PM
1.49
7:09AM
2.22
9:13PM
1.52
7:45AM
2.29
9:40PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.23
2:03PM
0.28
12:53AM
1.19
2:35PM
0.20
1:29AM
1.15
3:06PM
0.14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:07-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232221212221202020191920222221202020202123232322
Feels °C (?)201818181918181818171718191818181817171719191919
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