Surfline.com forcaster Jonathan Warren gives us a look at what the next week’s waves will look like:

A semi-clean mix of easing NW swell and small, peaking SW swell prevails this afternoon. Better breaks through the region have knee-waist high surf, with sets to chest/shoulder high for top spots. Most breaks are looking a little soft, and semi-walled, with pick and choose corners as the tide fills in to a late afternoon high. This morning’s dawn patrol: Clean, scattered peaks, with some fun, lined-up corners on offer.

A weak trough of low pressure today and Thursday will approach and move through Southern California. Today, we’ll continue to see calm-to-light variable wind, with mostly sunny skies and a light afternoon sea breeze.

As the weak front nears the coast Wednesday night and Thursday morning, cloud cover will build over the region with calm to light variable to light south-southwesterly flow. Also, there’s a slight chance for light rain.

By Thursday afternoon, the trough moves out with strong high pressure filling in, bringing a rise of breezy west-northwesterly flow as well as clearing cooler weather.

By Friday and the weekend, we’re expecting cooler temps and mostly sunny skies, as well as light morning winds and moderate afternoon sea breezes.

Overall, we’ll see a gradual decreasing trend in the surf. On Wednesday, the old northwest swell continues to slowly fade as a modest southwest swell holds up.

Most of the better breaks throughout Orange County will offer inconsistent two-foot-to-three-foot-plus (knee-waist high+) surf with top southwesterly exposed spots in the southern half of the county producing occasional bigger waves up to four-foot (chest high).

Over Thursday, both northwest and southwest swells will be on the decline as only top spots produce inconsistent two-foot-to-three-foot (knee-waist high) sets. By Friday, the old swells will continue to ease out as a small northwest wind swell shows, keeping up one-foot-to-two-foot occasional three-foot waves.

Looking further out, the surf will be minimal over the weekend with only one-foot-to-two-foot (ankle-knee high) traces showing at best throughout the region. However, better surf is lining up for next week. Check out Surfline.com for more details and the long-range outlook.

Surfline.com forecaster Kevin Wallis gives us a look at what’s happening on the OC coast this weekend:

The recent passage of a cold front will keep beach temps cooler than what we’ve seen of late for the middle part of the week. On Wednesday we’ll see breezy northeast wind early, shifting northwest in the afternoon with beach temps topping out around the mid 60’s, with clear skies. The second half of the week will bring slightly warmer weather with sunny skies and very pleasant conditions at the beach; light wind in the mornings will give way to light to moderate onshore westerly winds in the afternoon. Our water temps remain very pleasant for this time of year, mainly in the middle 60’s.
 
Our surf on Wednesday will be a northwest windswell, bringing crossed up and very peaky surf in the 2-4’ range for many spots in the county.  Select spots that really favor the northwest windswell will see waves up to 5-6’. Dropping surf takes over on Thursday (a little more than half the size of Wednesday), with a further decrease in surf on Friday, when it looks quite small.

Heading a little further out, the weekend of Halloween is looking quite small as well; stay tuned to Surfline.com for the latest details on any potential swells. Have fun, be safe and we’ll see you out in the water!

Surfline.com forecaster Kevin Wallis gives us a look at what the waves and beach conditions will be like this week:

The middle to second half of the work week will bring sunny skies and very pleasant coastal weather, as high pressure builds in over Southern California. Look for temps to top out in the low to mid 70’s each day, while water temps also remain quite warm for this time of year and are in the mid to upper 60’s. Wind conditions, especially in the mornings, will be favorable for surfing and other water related activities: look for light offshore flow out of the east to northeast in the mornings Wednesday through Friday, with a moderate onshore wind out of the west building each afternoon.
 
Our surf looks fun and will be a combination of swells out of both the southwest and west-northwest. For Wednesday look for 2-4’ surf at many breaks throughout the county, while breaks best exposed breaks to the southwest swell in the south half of the county see larger waves up to 5-6’ at times. We’ll also see a small southeast swell wrap into best exposed breaks of North Orange County from former Hurricane Rick. 

A larger west-northwest swell will build in for the second half of the week. While select breaks will start to see some new waves from this swell Thursday afternoon, the largest waves from it will show on Friday when the better breaks see 3-5’ surf. Select, top exposed breaks, mainly in the north half of the county, pick up 6-7’ waves on the largest sets. Those waves then wind down over the weekend. While the long range forecast outlook isn’t quite as promising as the second half of this week, we do have more waves on the way. Be sure to check the forecast at Surfline.com for further details. Have fun, be safe and we’ll see you out in the water!

Surfline.com forecaster Kevin Wallis gives us a look at what the waves will look like this week :

A Pacific storm off the California coast will be a major player in our surf and weather conditions over the next couple days. We saw a bit of rain Tuesday, and could continue to see scattered showers through Wednesday afternoon. By later Wednesday afternoon, and especially for the second half of the week, we’ll see clearing skies and very pleasant beach weather. Ocean surface conditions will be stormy early Wednesday with southerly wind, but should clean up through the afternoon as wind is expected to back down significantly. For Thursday and Friday, look for mainly light wind early morning and smooth surface conditions before moderate to strong west wind builds in the afternoons.

Our surf will be building throughout the day on Wednesday and hold Thursday out of a westerly direction, thanks to the same storm off the coast mentioned above. Wednesday morning will start off relatively slow but by the afternoon and evening lots of breaks pick up 4-6’ surf, while top breaks see larger waves up to 8’++. Look for dropping surf on Friday, and smaller waves through the weekend.

We’ll also see a nice size south swell building Thursday, peaking Friday, and then slowly fading over the weekend. The combo of south and west swells will create peaky conditions at the beachbreaks Thursday and Friday, along with favorable morning conditions and the surf will be really fun throughout much of Orange County. One thing to watch out for is the big 5-6’ morning high tides Wednesday through Friday, which will slow the surf down at many breaks.

While the long range forecast outlook isn’t quite as promising as the second half of this week, we do have more waves on the way. Be sure to check the forecast at Surfline.com for further details. Have fun, be safe and we’ll see you out in the water!