Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.4°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 11AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
1
W
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)1515151514141414141414141414131318813131313168
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42842834333933432023923623623623618017817517317015412312112111990127217
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
2.01
1:31PM
1.31
11:50PM
1.92
12:28AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
0.56
5:01PM
1.20
7:54AM
0.64
9:21AM
0.69
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:14-------7:15-------7:15--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817181918171616161618181817181717171918191818
Feels °C (?)171718181718161715151417171717171616171916181717
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