Three Arch Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 24 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)11111010101010666615151010101966991399
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)797978757272341823363634333133495937382928286161
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
SW
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
SW
0
SE
0
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
SW
0
S
0
W
0
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
2.00
5:43PM
1.27
3:03AM
2.00
6:43PM
1.41
4:30AM
2.08
7:14PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
0.57
7:14PM
1.26
11:19AM
0.41
9:56PM
1.31
12:18PM
0.26
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset-----5:43-------5:44-------5:45--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171818171716161617181817171717181919191920
Feels °C (?)161616161617171716171617171716171718181817181920
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