North Beach

San Clemente, United States

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.7 m) at 12 s, heading toward NNE, with moderate cross-shore wind toward ESE.

Swell

0.7 m

NNE

12 s

Wind

17 km/h

ESE

Cross-shore

Tide

1.8 m

Falling

Weather

23 °C

Clear

24 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

5 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 19 °C

1 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 19 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 18 °C

3 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

4 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 18 °C

5 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 18 °C

6 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 18 °C

7 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

10 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 19 °C

8 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 20 °C

9 AM

Good

0.8 m · 12 s

N

2 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 21 °C

10 AM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

6 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 23 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

10 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.8 m

Overcast · 23 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

12 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 24 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

12 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.9 m

Partly cloudy · 24 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

13 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 24 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

16 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 24 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

18 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Clear · 24 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

17 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Clear · 23 °C

6 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

16 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Clear · 22 °C

7 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

12 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Clear · 21 °C

8 PM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

9 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Clear · 20 °C

9 PM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

8 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 20 °C

10 PM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

8 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 19 °C

11 PM

Good

0.7 m · 12 s

NNE

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 18 °C

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