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Surf Forecast - Southern California
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 12:44 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
Wednesday 12/17	Up some	WNW 1-5 early	Generic Gulf swell building to 3.2 ft @ 12-13 secs early	4.0 ft	300 degrees
Thursday 12/18	Down some	NE 1-5 early	Local north windswell 2.8 ft @ 6-7 secs early	2.0 ft	310 degrees
Friday 12/19	Down more	calm early	Local north windswell 2.2 ft @ 6-7 secs early	1.5 ft	310 degrees
Saturday 12/20	Down	SE 10 early	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Sunday 12/21	Down	SE 1-5 early	No swell of interest forecast	2 ft or less	---
Extended Outlook	Down	---	No meaningful swell producing weather systems are forecast with the Inactive Phase of the MJO in control. Otherwise generic low pressure is to set up off California in the Gulf of Alaska Wed (12/18) Sun-Mon (12/22) and Wed (12/24) possibly generating very limited bits of rideable swell.	---	---

Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - South CA
Wind Animations: US West Coast - South CA
Local Model: Surf - Wind

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