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 Monday 08 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 20.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 204 today?

The current surf forecast for 204 at 8PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	19s
Evening (08 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	18s

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

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	Monday 08				Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	380	296	365	403	455	415	467	368	310	376	440	426	428	382	329	383	424	474	443	393	320	327	322	331
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WNW	W	SSE	SSE	SE	S	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	W	SSW	S	SSE	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:05PM 1.72				10:32AM 1.72				10:50PM 1.54					11:05AM 1.77				11:42PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 0.18				4:25AM 0.06				4:52PM 0.12				4:53AM 0.22					5:44PM 0.11				5:22AM 0.40

	Monday 08				Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	20	19	19	19	19	22	22	22	20	19	18	18	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	20
Feels °C (?)	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

Wind Update Wind reports 32 km away suggest it is still onshore at 204 (light winds from the SW at Costa Mesa Airport). 0.7m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the S and a 0.3m 10s swell from the SW as well as a 0.2m 19s long period groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 26 minutes ago 204

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32 km away, 2 h 26 min ago

11 km/h

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20.9

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