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Surf Forecast - Southern California
5 Day Surf Forecast

Forecast Updated:
Thursday, September 10, 2026 12:05 PM

Next Forecast Update: Fri 9/18

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 9/11	Holding	SE 10+ early	New Zealand swell 2.2 ft @ 15-16 secs early	3.5 ft	215 degrees
Saturday 9/12	Down some	S 5+ early	New Zealand swell fading from 2.0 ft @ 14-15 secs early	2.5-3.0 ft	215 degrees
Sunday 9/13	Down some	S 5 early	Locally generated northwest windswell 2.9 ft @ 8 secs New Zealand swell fading from 1.4 ft @ 13-14 secs early	2.0 ft 2.0 ft	310 degrees 215 degrees
Monday 9/14	Down some	SE 10+ early	Locally generated northwest windswell 2.6 ft @ 8 secs	2.0 ft	310 degrees
Tuesday 9/15	Down some	S 5 early	Background swell 1.0 ft @ 16-17 secs	1.5-2.0 ft	215 degrees
Extended Outlook	Up some	---	A gale developed just SE of New Zealand Mon-Tues (9/1) with seas 26-30 ft aimed well northeast. Swell continue on Fri (9/11). A tiny gale developed over the Central SPac Tues-Wed (9/9) with seas to 32 ft. Another to form under New Zealand on Fri (9/11) with 33 ft seas aimed northeast. And another is forecast in the same area Wed-Thurs (9/17) with 36-42 ft seas aimed northeast. The North Pacific still sleeps.	---	---

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

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