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13th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 Mar 2026 PDT
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13th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 13th Street sea temperature is
16.6° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 13th Street today?

The current surf forecast for 13th Street at 3PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

Table - waves today at 13th Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)151815181716161616161616151515151515141414141410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)546254781431321731731731711691621561501461441421421401381369792100
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		onglasscross-
on		glassoncross-
on		onglassononglassonononononcrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
2.02
10:23PM
2.18
10:51AM
1.88
10:53PM
2.24
11:42AM
1.70
11:27PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
0.49
4:46AM
0.40
4:36PM
0.64
5:34AM
0.35
5:05PM
0.80
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:01-------7:02-------7:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192325252322202121252724232019181821222119181818
Feels °C (?)192324232322202221252522222019181921201919181819
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