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Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 PST
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
18.4° 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 10PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)--
Afternoon (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
SW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141413141313131010101010161314161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858481808080527945406968682501251009896146162129181183167
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
5
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SE
15
S
30
E
25
E
25
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
1.55
8:06AM
2.21
9:59PM
1.51
8:35AM
2.20
10:43PM
1.45
9:06AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.24
1:52AM
1.08
3:24PM
0.23
2:19AM
1.13
4:01PM
0.26
2:44AM
1.19
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:28-
Sunset-4:45-------4:45-------4:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1---1515411221------
Temp. °C151515151515151516151414161414161715161515151515
Feels °C (?)121213141413141214121091489111312131110121413
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