13th Street surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
W
0.7
SSW
0.5
W
0.1
SW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)15151415141414131313131313131014916555131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757554332802802928282727272728301894410121014253835
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NNW
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononglassglassononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.78
7:50PM
2.15
8:59AM
1.86
8:31PM
2.14
9:22AM
1.93
9:09PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.22
1:53PM
0.94
2:36AM
0.25
2:32PM
0.80
3:05AM
0.31
3:08PM
0.69
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:52-------6:52--
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
131-11------------------
Temp. °C212122242222212121202022232221212020202223222221
Feels °C (?)222124252223222323222223232221232222222323212322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at 13th Street (light winds from the NNW at Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport 7 km from 13th Street). 0.3m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNW
Clean
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