Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 31 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
18.3° 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 10PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)--
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
1
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)151514141414141313131313131315666677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5554545047515151515150454544736292511401581501489955
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
15
NW
10
NE
20
W
10
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
5
W
5
SW
10
SE
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscrossglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
2.07
9:35AM
1.93
9:43PM
2.12
10:15AM
1.82
10:06PM
2.14
10:55AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
0.45
3:32AM
0.49
3:32PM
0.57
4:08AM
0.42
3:55PM
0.71
4:45AM
0.39
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise------6:39-------6:37-------6:35-
Sunset-7:09-------7:10-------7:10------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C181918191717171717171716161615161716161616151618
Feels °C (?)171917181416181515151615141413141514151514131617
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