13th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.2°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 8AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121212712121471111125666777777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50505017508565581521465935669512821124318113010261604448
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
2.30
2:40PM
1.41
12:47AM
2.15
4:28PM
1.46
2:05AM
2.00
5:41PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
0.22
6:08PM
1.27
8:50AM
0.30
7:40PM
1.37
10:09AM
0.35
9:56PM
1.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:11-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:28-------7:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161516171818171616151516161717161615151718181817
Feels °C (?)151515141515141313131313121214141413141515151516
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