Three Arch Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 PST
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Three Arch Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Three Arch Bay sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Three Arch Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Three Arch Bay at 2AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Three Arch Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131615121214121214141313131313131313202018181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338279502941283067663333333434343433407511310710091
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
0
ESE
0
WNW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NE
0
ENE
5
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglassglassglassoffcross-
off
offglassoffglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
1.81
3:03PM
1.26
3:32AM
1.85
5:19PM
1.23
4:21AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32PM
0.81
9:50AM
0.97
8:12PM
0.98
11:14AM
0.81
9:06PM
1.12
12:10PM
0.65
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:01-------5:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514141415182019171716161819202019181818192021
Feels °C (?)111110101012151714131312111415171715141414161617
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