The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 Jan 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)121315141413131312121212121211181816161515151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)788115515014012812611976757346464539575790891161101099690
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
N
5
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NNW
5
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
1.76
9:10PM
1.07
7:44AM
1.83
9:34PM
1.11
8:18AM
1.86
10:00PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
-0.23
1:26AM
0.71
3:05PM
-0.27
2:01AM
0.66
3:33PM
-0.29
2:36AM
0.61
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182023232122222121222425242322222122232322201919
Feels °C (?)171921201819191718182121201919181819191818171717
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