Doheny State Beach Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT
Thigh to waist
Swell
Wind
11KTSW
11kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
63°F
3/2mm wetsuit
South Orange County Forecast
Matt Kibby •Today
Fun waves off new round of S swell. Early window before tide goes negative looks best.
Dawn-10am: More waist-chest high waves on tap, pushing head-high to overhead+ for better spots throughout the day. Enough tide first thing for some decent corners, draining quickly for dumpier/clampy surf before recovering late AM into midday.
Afternoon Outlook: You'll have more crumble to deal with if you wait for the midday rebound, but it should still be manageable if you can't hit the early window. Breezier afternoon onshores make for a lumpy back half of the day.
Doheny State Beach Surf Forecast
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Doheny State Beach Surf Guide
If you aren’t aware of what existed before it, Doheny is an ideal beginner’s wave. Swells slip past the swell-choking jetty, break softly over a bed of cobblestones and form into slow shoulders. A few hundred yards southeast, by the San Juan Creek, there’s a sandbar and reef that break better on stronger swells. If you can withstand the sky-high fecal counts, it’s these types of bars that’ll quench the thirst. Those days are all too rare, though, so Doheny, if anything, will serve as great plac... Read more