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Thousand Steps Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Thousand Steps today?
The current surf forecast for Thousand Steps at 9AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (13 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (13 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Thousand Steps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 118 | 120 | 100 | 99 | 102 | 142 | 133 | 126 | 183 | 183 | 186 | 188 | 136 | 127 | 123 | 123 | 142 | 148 | 141 | 196 | 276 | 273 | 270 | 360 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:59AM 1.29 | 1:45PM 2.04 | 5:52AM 1.32 | 3:12PM 1.98 | 7:05AM 1.46 | 4:48PM 1.98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:37AM 1.15 | 10:00PM 0.49 | 7:51AM 1.31 | 11:30PM 0.41 | 10:30AM 1.34 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:57 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County
Continuing clean conditions at Thousand Steps (calm at Irvine 23 km from Thousand Steps). 0.5m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
23 km away, 1 h 12 min ago
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