The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 6AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414131818131716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)370292309309309305305218215207149147878786139145181175295291171288164
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:30PM
1.46
9:23AM
1.63
9:54PM
1.58
10:04AM
1.54
10:21PM
1.67
10:47AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.15
3:42PM
-0.10
3:58AM
0.02
4:08PM
0.00
4:41AM
-0.06
4:34PM
0.14
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:58-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01
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. °C262423232425262623222222222526262423222222252524
Feels °C (?)252423232424252423212222222424242323222222252323
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