Thousand Steps Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	203	203	276	276	206	144	136	136	132	130	128	184	184	100	121	112	131	129	127	117	82	85	84	78
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 1.77			7:47PM 2.14					8:56AM 1.85				8:28PM 2.12				9:18AM 1.92				9:06PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 0.93					2:33AM 0.24				2:29PM 0.79				3:01AM 0.31				3:05PM 0.68				3:27AM 0.41

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19
Feels °C (?)	24	23	23	22	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	21	20	22	21	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Thousand Steps (calm at Coeur d Alene 22 km from Thousand Steps). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 8s swell, also from the S and a 0.3m 5s windswell, also from the W as well as a 0.2m 11s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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22 km away, 53 min ago

2 km/h

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0.0

20.8

Air / Water (°C)

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