Thousand Steps Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.50° N 117.74° W

Thousand Steps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thousand Steps sea temperature is
23.3°C
4.2° 

Thousand Steps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Thousand Steps today (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thousand Steps at 3PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Oct)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
12
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
20
0.8
SSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
180
214
211
276
316
390
377
355
339
334
452
452
447
525
512
414
403
358
291
348
432
432
Wind (km/h)
0
NNW
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
W
5
NW
5
W
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:02AM1.94m
7:47PM2.03m
8:28AM2.05m
8:33PM1.99m
8:53AM2.14m
9:17PM1.91m
Low Tide
1:51PM0.72m
2:09AM0.37m
2:33PM0.55m
2:39AM0.47m
3:12PM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:48
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6:27
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6:25
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6:24
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Temp °C
24
25
26
26
25
24
24
24
24
25
26
25
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
22
Feels °C
28
27
26
26
27
26
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
24
24
25
24
24
23
24
25
23
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