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Surf Forecast - Southern California

5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
 
Thursday, January 29, 2026 2:03 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
1/30

Up some

NE 5+ early Gulf swell fading from 2.8 ft @ 14-15 secs early 4.0 ft 294 degrees
Saturday
1/31

Down some

NE 5+ mid-AM Gulf swell fading from 1.9 ft @ 12-13 secs 2.0-2.5 ft 294 degrees
Sunday
2/1

Up some

NE 1-5 early Possible new Gulf swell building to 2.4 ft @ 15 secs later 3.5 ft 296 degrees
Monday
2/2

Up some

SSE 5+ early Dateline swell fading from 3.4 ft @ 15 secs mid-day 5.0 ft 290 degrees
Tuesday
2/3

Down some

NW 1-5 early Dateline swell fading from 2.8 ft @ 13-14 secs early 3.5 ft 290 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Up some --- A small gale developed in the Northwest Gulf Sat-Mon (1/25) falling southeast with 28-30 ft seas aimed east with secondary fetch redeveloping in the Gulf Tues-Wed (1/28) with 25 ft seas aimed east. Swell fading on Fri (1/30). A broader gale developed west of the dateline Sun-Mon (1/26) with 26 ft seas aimed east then consolidated on the dateline Tues-Wed (1/28) with 30-33 ft seas aimed east and forecast tracking east through in the Gulf Thurs-Fri (1/30) with seas in the 26-28 ft range fading from 25 ft on Sat (1/31) off the Pacific Northwest. A small gale is forecast on the dateline Sat (1/31) with 35 ft seas aimed east. And another gale is forecast pushing southeast through the Western Gulf Mon-Wed (2/7) with mostly 27 ft seas aimed east. And one more is forecast on the dateline tracking into the Western Gulf Wed-Thurs (2/5) with 40-44 ft seas aimed east. A building swell pattern seems likely.

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