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Three Arch Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)121211181816161515151413131313131312121515141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4342395757908911611010996128898787835147447269146123119
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
0
SE
5
E
0
N
5
W
5
W
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
SE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crossglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
1.54
8:16AM
2.31
10:04PM
1.56
8:50AM
2.31
10:31PM
1.60
9:23AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
1.09
3:34PM
0.13
2:37AM
1.06
4:03PM
0.15
3:14AM
1.03
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232321212121222221201918191919191919191919202020
Feels °C (?)202019181818181818171716161616171718171717171717
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