Trestles (Lowers) surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Trestles (Lowers) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Trestles (Lowers) sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Trestles (Lowers) today?

The current surf forecast for Trestles (Lowers) at 7AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

Table - waves today at Trestles (Lowers). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
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
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)151414141414141413141313131312131313121313131613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)283268264264366346264207128195173126171236112125119115112168119165119119
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
0
ENE
10
S
15
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
0
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NW
0
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.40
7:36PM
1.76
8:37AM
1.48
8:16PM
1.75
9:01AM
1.55
8:52PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
-0.09
1:43PM
0.52
2:27AM
-0.08
2:21PM
0.40
2:54AM
-0.02
2:57PM
0.30
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:51-------6:50--
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
121---------------------
Temp. °C222122242323212121212123232221212121212323222121
Feels °C (?)232225252424232424242425242323242423232423222323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Trestles (Lowers) (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 26 km from Trestles (Lowers)). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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