Beach Hazards Statement
Beach Hazards Statement issued September 25 at 3:37AM PDT until September 27 at 5:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA
In effect until 5:00 PM. Issued by NWS San Diego CA. Read the full alert
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California· Southern California Coast
A long, flat stretch of sand running southeast from the pier, exposed enough to pick up most south and west swell. The wide beach and consistent surf make it busy year-round, and the pier gives shore anglers access to deeper water than the surf line.
Updated Sep 25,Right now · Beach Day
Fair for beach day — mostly cloudy
Fair- Feels like
- 71°FExcellentComfortable beach temperatures
- Wind
- 2 mphExcellentLight wind
- Rain chance
- 0%ExcellentLittle chance of rain
- Surf
- 1.6 ftExcellentCalm shore break
- Sky
- 75%FairMostly cloudy
Activity conditions
What Huntington Beach is good for right now
Each activity is rated by its worst relevant condition, not an average.
Beach Day
FairFair for beach day — mostly cloudy
Beachcombing
PoorPoor for beachcombing — high water covers most of the beach
Surfing
Not rated yetFishing
Not rated yetSwimming
Not rated yetPaddleboarding
Not rated yet
Best time windows
When to go over the next two days
Windows come from the hourly forecast, so they get less certain further out.
Beach Day
- Fri 8 AM – 7 PMFairBeach Hazards Statement in effect — check official guidance before going
- Sat 7 AM – 7 PMFairBeach Hazards Statement in effect — check official guidance before going
Fri 8 AMSun 7 AM
Beachcombing
- Fri 11 AM – 7 PMFairBeach Hazards Statement in effect — check official guidance before going
- Sat 12 PM – 7 PMFairBeach Hazards Statement in effect — check official guidance before going
Fri 8 AMSun 7 AM
Current conditions
Mostly Sunny
- Air temperature
- 71°FForecastNational Weather Service· NWS SGX forecast grid
- Wind
- 2 mphfrom the NNWForecastNational Weather Service· NWS SGX forecast grid
- Water temperature
- 72°FObservedNOAA NDBC· Long Beach Channel, CA (215) · 12 mi away
- Surf
- 1.6 ft14 s periodObservedNOAA NDBC· Long Beach Channel, CA (215) · 12 mi away
- Chance of rain
- 0%ForecastNational Weather Service· NWS SGX forecast grid
- Cloud cover
- 75%ForecastNational Weather Service· NWS SGX forecast grid
Tide
Tide at Balboa Pier, Newport Beach
Heights are relative to MLLW, the NOAA chart datum for this station.
Now
Rising
Today
- Low 2:58 AM 0.2 ft
- High 9:02 AM 5.1 ft
- Low 3:07 PM 0.9 ft
- High 9:01 PM 5.3 ft
Sat
- Low 3:22 AM 0.4 ft
- High 9:24 AM 5.4 ft
- Low 3:44 PM 0.5 ft
- High 9:40 PM 5 ft
Sun
- Low 3:46 AM 0.7 ft
- High 9:49 AM 5.7 ft
- Low 4:24 PM 0.2 ft
- High 10:22 PM 4.7 ft
Mon
- Low 4:11 AM 1.1 ft
- High 10:17 AM 5.9 ft
- Low 5:09 PM 0 ft
- High 11:10 PM 4.2 ft
Predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station 9410583.
Weather
Forecast
- Today78°FMostly Sunny0%
- Tonight69°FPartly Cloudy0%
- Saturday78°FMostly Sunny0%
- Saturday Night69°FMostly Cloudy4%
- Sunday78°FMostly Sunny9%
- Sunday Night68°FPartly Cloudy14%
- Monday76°FSunny6%
- Monday Night68°FMostly Clear4%
- Tuesday80°FSunny4%
- Tuesday Night70°FMostly Clear1%
- Wednesday80°FSunny1%
- Wednesday Night70°FMostly Clear0%
- Thursday79°FMostly Sunny0%
- Thursday Night69°FPartly Cloudy0%
Waves
Surf
Period
14 s
Longer periods carry more energy and break harder.
Direction
S
Water temperature
Water
72°F
ObservedNOAA NDBC· Long Beach Channel, CA (215) · 12 mi awayMeasured at the station above, which may sit some distance from the shore break. Surface temperature at the beach can differ.
Additional data
Daylight and data sources
- Sunrise
- 6:41 AM
- Sunset
- 6:45 PM
- Humidity
- 92%
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 33.6595, -118.0009
Stations used for this location
- Tides — NOAA CO-OPS Balboa Pier, Newport Beach (9410583), 7.1 mi away
- Weather — National Weather Service grid SGX 33,60
- Buoy — NDBC Long Beach Channel, CA (215) (46256), 12 mi offshore; this buoy does not report wind
- Water temperature fallback — NOAA CO-OPS Los Angeles (9410660), 16 mi away; used only when the buoy has no reading
Jots
Notes from Huntington Beach
Short, dated notes from people who were actually there.
No jots yet
Nobody has jotted a trip to Huntington Beach. Jots are short notes about what the conditions were really like — coming soon.
Nearby