Three Arch Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
16.6° 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 12PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (19 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (19 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)886788988877771413136131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1681631904987871110114367155922913181454336353517171717171615
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
20
SSW
35
SW
35
W
40
W
45
W
35
W
25
WNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
2.04
10:34PM
1.96
10:33AM
1.85
11:05PM
2.01
11:23AM
1.62
11:42PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
0.42
4:37AM
0.68
4:41PM
0.58
5:31AM
0.67
5:07PM
0.75
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---5:38-------5:38-------5:39----
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--331-------------------
Temp. °C121313141312121211111212121212111113151514141515
Feels °C (?)10866423688989998911111211121312
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