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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 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 1AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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 San Onofre - Trails. (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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)121313181816161615151413131313131312121215141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)716867676791891291121551509212812687878577464672153189168
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
0
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
0
S
0
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
ENE
0
N
5
ENE
5
NE
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crossoffglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
1.08
8:04AM
1.77
9:38PM
1.12
8:36AM
1.77
10:06PM
1.16
9:09AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
0.60
3:21PM
-0.27
2:30AM
0.55
3:50PM
-0.27
3:07AM
0.53
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232321212122232221212019192020191919201920212121
Feels °C (?)202018171719191818181817161718181717181716181818
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