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Stormsurf Mobile App Create Your Own Surf Forecast Swell Calculator Swell Decay Tables Sea Height Tables Swell Category Table Convert from GMT:   0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z 4Z 5Z 6Z 7Z 8Z 9Z 10Z 11Z 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z  to timezone: IDLE/NZST AEDT GST/AEST --> JST/AWDT CCT/AWST WAST/CXT --> MSD BT/MSK EET/CEST CET/SWT GMT/UTC WAT AT ADT AST/EDT EST/CDT CST/MDT MST/PDT PST/YDT YST/HADT AHST/HAST NT IDLW 7:00 ---

QuikCAST Surf Forecast - Southern California 5 Day Surf Forecast Forecast Updated:   Wednesday, August 13, 2025 1:18 PM Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North Southern California Surf Forecast (Centered on Dana Point) Day Trend Wind (kts) Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) Waves (Set wave max face height) Swell Direction Thursday 8/14 Down some S 5+ early Complex New Zealand Swell #1S fading from 2.3 ft @ 14-15 secs early 3.0-3.5 ft 214 degrees Friday 8/15 Down some SE 10+ early Complex New Zealand Swell #1S fading from 2.1 ft @ 14 secs later 2.5-3.0 ft 214 degrees Saturday 8/16 Down some SE 10 early Background southwest windswell fading from 2.0 ft @ 14-15 secs 2.5-3.0 ft 214 degrees Sunday 8/17 Down S 5 early No swell of interest forecast 2 ft or less --- Monday 8/18 Up barely SSE 5+ early Small New Zealand Swell building to 1.2 ft @ 17 secs later 2.0 ft 217 degrees Extended Outlook Up some maybe --- Swell is fading originating from a complex gale that developed consisting of a gale under New Zealand Thurs-Fri (8/1) with up to 40 ft seas aimed east, another under Tasmania Thurs-Fri (8/1) with 45 ft seas aimed east and a third over the South Central Pacific Sun-Tues (8/5) with 31 ft seas aimed due north. A weak gale developed under New Zealand Fri (8/8) with seas to 26 ft aimed northeast. Swell arrival on Mon (8/18). A stronger gale is forecast south of the Tasman Sea Thurs-Fri (8/15) with up to 44 ft seas aimed east-southeast then tracking east into Sun (8/17) with seas fading from 33 ft. Weak energy is forecast over the upper reaches of the Central South Pacific on Fri (8/15) with 31 ft seas aimed east. Possibly another gale is to develop southeast of New Zealand on Tues-Wed (8/20) with 38 ft seas aimed northeast. --- --- Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - South CA Wind Animations: US West Coast - South CA Local Model: Surf - Wind 449360

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