Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Mar 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 3.5°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 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121212121212121212121215151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73102101101101101686662878786865857575656464636353434
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
5
S
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
2.02
8:08PM
1.80
7:26AM
2.06
8:33PM
1.90
8:13AM
2.06
8:57PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
0.27
1:33AM
0.93
2:08PM
0.29
2:16AM
0.76
2:39PM
0.35
2:55AM
0.61
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:07-------7:08----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151919191819192119202120191817171819181817171717
Feels °C (?)151818171618182018181918181717171719181717161716
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