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Thousand Steps Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 18 Jul 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Thousand Steps today?
The current surf forecast for Thousand Steps at 3AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (19 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Evening (19 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Thousand Steps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Fri 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 267 | 166 | 164 | 124 | 136 | 189 | 184 | 237 | 176 | 161 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 115 | 156 | 172 | 111 | 115 | 114 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 129 | 124 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:58AM 1.29 | 5:08PM 2.15 | 7:32AM 1.36 | 6:07PM 2.25 | 8:33AM 1.45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:44PM 0.60 | 10:06AM 1.06 | 12:53AM 0.38 | 11:22AM 1.15 | 1:49AM 0.19 | 12:34PM 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | 8:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:58 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at Thousand Steps (light winds from the SSW at Costa Mesa Airport 22 km from Thousand Steps). 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the S and a 0.2m 4s local chop, also from the W. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
22 km away, 2 h 42 min ago
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