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Surf Forecast - Southern California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Thursday, September 4, 2025 12:53 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
Friday
9/5

Down some

S 5+ early SE Pacific swell fading from 2.2 ft @ 14 secs early 3.0 ft 200 degrees
Saturday
9/6

Down some

SW 1-5 early

SE Pacific swell fading from 1.6 ft @ 14-15 secs

2.0-2.5 ft 198 degrees
Sunday
9/7

Up slightly maybe

calm early

SE Pacific swell fading from 2.0 ft @ 12 secs early

2.0-2.5 ft 195 degrees
Monday
9/8

Down

S 1-5 early No swell of interest forecast 2 ft or less ---
Tuesday
9/9

Up some

S 10+ early New Zealand swell 1.4 ft @ 15-16 secs later 2.0-2.5 ft 215 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up slightly --- A gale developed over the Central South Pacific Wed (8/27) with 28 ft seas aimed ENE then building quickly Thurs (8/28) to 31 ft over the SE Pacific sending swell north fading some on Fri (9/5). Another gale has developed tracking east from a point off North New Zealand Sun-Tues (9/2) with 30-32 ft seas aimed northeast. Swell arrival on Tues (9/9). After that no real decent gales are forecast in the SPac. But the NPac is forecast to start showing signs of life beyond.

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