Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 09 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 1PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616171818181818181716161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127127148127127214309399399399404280249373412412412412407402288362392392
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
0
W
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
1.72
3:21AM
1.68
7:30PM
1.53
4:54AM
1.71
7:31PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.66
11:48AM
0.59
11:36PM
1.38
12:27PM
0.53
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:16-------7:17--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------1------1
Temp. °C171717181919181717171718181817171616161717171716
Feels °C (?)171616171819181717181817161616171516161614151614
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