Doheny State Beach Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

1-2FT

Knee to thigh

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

1.5FT18s
SSW202º
1.7FT13s
SSW198º
1.3FT8s
S183º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

7KTSWNW

7kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

3.4FT

Temperature

63°F

spotName Wind & Weather
65ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

South Orange County Forecast

Chris Borg

Today

Fun waves today as old swell eases, fresh SSW swell starts to move in. PM onshores.

Afternoon Outlook: The most consistent surf is down a bit from yesterday as old SSW swell mixes with the long period front end of our next SSW pulse. Surf for better breaks in the waist-chest high range, going head high for standouts. Moderate W onshores puffing up for a lumpier afternoon.

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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