Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 PST
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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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Afternoon (13 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (13 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141417161616161616161515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183183183180180258306234232298232371353348344339315372294246236233180178
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
35
SE
15
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
1.80
4:26PM
1.64
5:39AM
1.91
5:32PM
1.62
6:05AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.49
11:01AM
1.05
10:54PM
0.58
11:55AM
0.85
11:31PM
0.67
12:36PM
0.67
Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunrise----6:20-------6:20-------6:22---
Sunset-------4:49-------4:49-------4:47
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------11-23-46171142
Temp. °C191919181920201919191919171819171718181717171717
Feels °C (?)192020182020191819191717141618161716171615121615
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