Thaila surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Thaila surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thaila sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thaila today?

The current surf forecast for Thaila at 10PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
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
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)171716161616161515151515151514141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)381351339334334330416385287283300294283209203203276276206144136136134130
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
2.05
8:07AM
1.68
7:01PM
2.11
8:33AM
1.77
7:47PM
2.14
8:56AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
1.23
1:23AM
0.24
1:05PM
1.08
2:01AM
0.22
1:50PM
0.93
2:34AM
0.24
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-6:55-------6:54-------6:52------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------113311-----
Temp. °C242322212121212122222122242121222222222221212122
Feels °C (?)232323212221222222222221252323242323252523232324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 17 km away suggest it is still onshore at Thaila (light winds from the SSW at Costa Mesa Airport). 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km away, 2 h 42 min ago

11 km/h
SSW
0.0
20.5
Air / Water (°C)
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