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Thousand Steps Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
18.8° C
(Which is 3.7°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 2PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (12 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 15s |
| Evening (12 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Thousand Steps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 318 | 246 | 242 | 242 | 246 | 249 | 314 | 246 | 239 | 229 | 156 | 156 | 158 | 158 | 219 | 192 | 141 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 102 | 143 | 160 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:58AM 1.77 | 7:40PM 1.73 | 6:50AM 1.84 | 7:55PM 1.86 | 7:37AM 1.88 | 8:15PM 2.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:58PM 0.48 | 1:08AM 1.03 | 1:26PM 0.46 | 1:46AM 0.81 | 1:54PM 0.48 | 2:25AM 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wed 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
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