Thousand Steps surf break

Thousand Steps surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 PST
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Dec)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (01 Dec)1ft (0.3m)21s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)131312121212222120201918181817171616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12587767310410382151202279270246314304404385363350341248318229157155
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
0
SSW
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glassglassglassonononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
2.19
6:37PM
1.56
6:11AM
2.37
7:38PM
1.59
6:51AM
2.51
8:35PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
0.78
12:32PM
0.40
11:42PM
0.85
1:19PM
0.14
12:27AM
0.92
2:07PM
-0.05
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise--6:35-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----4:42-------4:42-------4:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414161617171616161616171616151515161616161516
Feels °C (?)131414161516161616161515161516151515161514151515
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