Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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 10PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141313131313131313168881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33432023923623623623618017817517317016712312112111990127148252196148127
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
1.31
11:50PM
1.92
12:28AM
1.82
1:32AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
1.20
7:54AM
0.64
9:21AM
0.69
10:49AM
0.66
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:31-------6:28-------6:28-
Sunset-7:14-------7:15-------7:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
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. °C191816161616161718181718171717191919181817171819
Feels °C (?)171816161515151617181717161617191818181715151617
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