13th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 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
17.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)16161616151515151515141414141414101010212191320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173171169162156150146144142142140138136979271739896115115784761
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
onononglassglassglassononononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
1.88
10:53PM
2.24
11:42AM
1.70
11:27PM
2.25
12:43PM
1.51
12:08AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
0.64
5:34AM
0.35
5:05PM
0.80
6:29AM
0.37
5:34PM
0.97
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:04-------7:05----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192325232220191918222222201918181821212119181818
Feels °C (?)202324212220202019222020201919191820191919181818
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