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Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121211111616161414131313131314121413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12111710810399919965656967641218586858454265145444444
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
W
5
SSE
0
S
0
N
0
NW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
NW
10
ENE
10
SW
5
NNE
15
W
15
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
0
E
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		onglasscross-
on		offglasscross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59PM
1.64
9:58AM
2.13
11:28PM
1.70
10:36AM
1.96
12:00AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
0.20
3:55AM
1.01
4:57PM
0.30
4:42AM
1.00
5:25PM
0.43
5:39AM
0.99
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-5:09-------5:10-------5:12------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C171817171717171718171617161616151716151515151415
Feels °C (?)161717171717161617161616151614121714131415151415
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