Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast 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
18.5° 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 3PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)20s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)888202020191918181818171616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92578068119194263258318402314307297432526526520507483306435348343343
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
N
15
ESE
10
SE
10
E
0
NW
5
W
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
S
0
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
S
0
SSW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
1.70
10:30PM
2.12
11:37AM
1.56
10:54PM
2.08
12:25PM
1.43
11:20PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.85
5:22AM
0.41
4:37PM
0.98
6:03AM
0.47
4:54PM
1.09
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:13-------7:14----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151920242422202020212122201919191921212019181818
Feels °C (?)161817222118171717181718181717181819181818181817
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Thousand Steps surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest