Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 07 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 8PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414131313131313131316168816161616171818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17817517317016712312112111990127127141159148127127214309399399399404280
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscrosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
1.82
1:32AM
1.72
3:21AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.69
10:49AM
0.66
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-7:15-------7:15-------7:16------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716171717171818191818171718191918171717161718
Feels °C (?)161716171616171717181817161516181917161717171817
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