Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.6°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 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121212121515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10110168666287878686585757565646463635343455555554
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
1.80
7:26AM
2.06
8:33PM
1.90
8:13AM
2.06
8:57PM
2.00
8:55AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.93
2:08PM
0.29
2:16AM
0.76
2:39PM
0.35
2:55AM
0.61
3:06PM
0.45
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:08-------7:09
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819202020222219181718181919191818171717181818
Feels °C (?)161618181918202017171718181819181818171616171716
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