Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 3.8°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 2PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515151515151414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)407402288362392392387335318246242242246249314246239229156156158158156210
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
SW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
1.62
5:58AM
1.77
7:40PM
1.73
6:50AM
1.84
7:55PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.53
12:28AM
1.22
12:58PM
0.48
1:08AM
1.03
1:26PM
0.46
1:46AM
0.81
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1221----111------
Temp. °C171817171716161617171616161515151515161615151515
Feels °C (?)171614141615141313131312131312121312121111121313
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