Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 PDT
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Thousand Steps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thousand Steps sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 3.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thousand Steps today?

The current surf forecast for Thousand Steps at 4AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

Table - waves today at Thousand Steps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141316161616131414151515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158158156192141147147147147102143158167169169191144121121120118118163163
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
S
15
SW
15
W
20
WNW
5
W
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
15
SE
20
S
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
1.86
7:37AM
1.88
8:15PM
2.02
8:23AM
1.90
8:39PM
2.17
9:11AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
0.81
1:54PM
0.48
2:25AM
0.58
2:23PM
0.53
3:06AM
0.37
2:53PM
0.62
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151516171716161515161617171616161616171717
Feels °C (?)121213131214141413151514151415161617161614141415
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