Three Arch Bay surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 3AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151515141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)339334334330416385287283300294283209203203276276206144136136132130128184
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
0
WSW
0
SE
15
S
10
SW
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
5
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossonononglassoncrosscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
2.05
8:07AM
1.68
7:01PM
2.11
8:33AM
1.77
7:47PM
2.14
8:56AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.24
1:05PM
1.08
2:01AM
0.22
1:50PM
0.93
2:34AM
0.24
2:29PM
0.79
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:52-------6:52
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---------2-1----------
Temp. °C222121212021222122212323242424232221212121222222
Feels °C (?)222222212022212222212425262724252423242323232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Three Arch Bay (light winds from the W at Costa Mesa Airport 17 km from Three Arch Bay). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.2m 9s swell from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
W
0.0
20.7
Air / Water (°C)
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