Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 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
18.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Thousand Steps today?

The current surf forecast for Thousand Steps at 3AM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (11 Jul)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (11 Jul)2ft (0.6m)17s

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

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Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
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
0.5
SW
0.5
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
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)191919161717171717171716161616161615151515151616161414141515151515152114202019191818181818171716161616161616151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)174173260214225212265252242238232200252198197197190254264309309261327317243228226212257248284226182171270300391366518466457452421429423532541400375479429401398308267301363328323233
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
0
SW
0
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrossononononglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
2.31
11:24AM
1.53
10:00PM
2.30
11:57AM
1.56
10:38PM
2.24
12:30PM
1.61
11:19PM
2.12
1:06PM
1.68
12:04AM
1.94
1:44PM
1.76
12:58AM
1.72
2:26PM
1.85
2:11AM
1.49
3:14PM
1.95
3:55AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.12
3:45PM
1.11
5:21AM
0.13
4:27PM
1.10
5:54AM
0.19
5:16PM
1.08
6:27AM
0.28
6:13PM
1.07
7:00AM
0.41
7:22PM
1.03
7:35AM
0.57
8:46PM
0.95
8:14AM
0.75
10:19PM
0.81
Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
Sunrise----5:48-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset8:02-------8:02-------8:01-------8:01-------8:01-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00---
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)192019171718181717181716171819171718181818181818181718181919181919181818171917181818181818181717171718191818171717171717
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