Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 29 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 6AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


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Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121215151515151515151414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)865857575656464636353434555555545450475151515151
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
oncrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.90
8:13AM
2.06
8:57PM
2.00
8:55AM
2.01
9:20PM
2.07
9:35AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.76
2:39PM
0.35
2:55AM
0.61
3:06PM
0.45
3:32AM
0.49
3:32PM
0.57
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817171819191818181817181820191818181716171717
Feels °C (?)171817171819181819181917191819171515151414151514
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