204 Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Orange County (51 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.44° N 117.65° W)

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204 surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT

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204 surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's 204 sea temperature is 20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 204 today?

The current surf forecast for 204 at 10PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

Table - waves today at 204. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	350	346	272	207	184	184	179	173	173	239	239	188	123	112	82	170	170	170	119	121	119	78	108	102
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	WNW	NW	S	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	NW	WSW	SE	SE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 1.76					8:37AM 1.48				8:16PM 1.75				9:01AM 1.55				8:52PM 1.70				9:24AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43PM 0.52					2:27AM -0.08				2:21PM 0.40				2:54AM -0.02				2:57PM 0.30				3:19AM 0.06

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	21	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	21	21
Feels °C (?)	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	23	24	22	23	22	21	22	22	23	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at San Onofre (light winds from the S at Camp Pendleton Airport 23 km from San Onofre). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 8s swell from the S and a 0.2m 4s local chop from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 51 minutes ago San Onofre

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27 km away, 29 min ago

3 km/h

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20.8

Air / Water (°C)

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