Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 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 5AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
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
Period(s) (?)13131315151315667788821202020191918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)504545737344428976107116152102607668119194263258318402314307
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
W
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
2.12
10:15AM
1.82
10:06PM
2.14
10:55AM
1.70
10:30PM
2.12
11:37AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
0.42
3:55PM
0.71
4:45AM
0.39
4:17PM
0.85
5:22AM
0.41
4:37PM
0.98
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:12-------7:13
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161516171616161615161820222420191920212121
Feels °C (?)161514151314161515161414161717191918171718181718
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