Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.3°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 12AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)21s
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
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.3
S
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
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)151566778821202020191918181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42425212611010797577668119194263258318402314307297432427526520507
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
W
0
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscrosscross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
2.14
10:55AM
1.70
10:30PM
2.12
11:37AM
1.56
10:54PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.71
4:45AM
0.39
4:17PM
0.85
5:22AM
0.41
4:37PM
0.98
6:03AM
0.47
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-7:10-------7:12-------7:13------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161515151918212218181919201919181718171719
Feels °C (?)151416161414141815181916171818181717181718161717
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