The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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The Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Wedge sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 7PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)201919191818181817171616161616151515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)386399394441456496489466492421414428428467478360357296358401325311301279
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
S
5
WSW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
1.63
7:43AM
1.23
6:08PM
1.70
8:11AM
1.32
7:06PM
1.77
8:36AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
-0.04
12:14PM
0.87
1:30AM
-0.10
1:12PM
0.71
2:09AM
-0.12
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-6:58-------6:57-------6:54------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1343
Temp. °C222221212122232526242222222222222425262522222222
Feels °C (?)232322232223242525232323232322232222242423232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Wedge (light winds from the SW at Costa Mesa Airport 8 km from The Wedge). 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 19s long period groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 20 min ago

11 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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