The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)1212111010999111110101010666661515101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141420333161614379795375533423215165373434529894
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
0
SSE
0
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
1.57
2:35PM
0.74
1:37AM
1.55
3:06AM
1.55
6:59PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.21
5:54PM
0.65
10:06AM
0.10
11:30AM
-0.07
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-----5:42-------5:43-------5:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171818192222201919171618191917171616171820201918
Feels °C (?)151615161917171616161416171716171616171718181818
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