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San Onofre - Trails surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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San Onofre - Trails surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Onofre - Trails sea temperature is
16.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at San Onofre - Trails today?

The current surf forecast for San Onofre - Trails at 10PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

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

Table - waves today at San Onofre - Trails. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
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
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151413131313131312121215141313131212121116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8912911215515092128126878785774646721531761661561441399899125
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
0
WNW
0
N
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
0
SE
5
SE
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
0
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		glassglassglassoffglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
1.12
8:36AM
1.77
10:06PM
1.16
9:09AM
1.73
10:36PM
1.20
9:43AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
-0.27
2:30AM
0.55
3:50PM
-0.27
3:07AM
0.53
4:19PM
-0.23
3:47AM
0.51
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-5:07-------5:08-------5:08------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121201919192019191819191919202120181918171718
Feels °C (?)181819181718161717181718181717171818171816151616
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