Salt Creek 5-Day Forecast Summary
Here's how the next 5 days are shaping up at Salt Creek, Orange County, California. Each day is rated based on breaking wave height, swell period, and wind — updated hourly from the latest NOAA GFS run.
Sat, May 16: 3–4ft, 15s period, rated Fair. Get out early for the best of it — 3-4ft waves on SSW swell at 13s and light winds out of the S. Onshore flow builds through the day to 8mph, bringing conditions down to fair.
Sun, May 17: 3–4ft, 15s period, rated Poor - Fair. First light looks cleanest — 3-4ft on W swell at 8s with 14mph SSE winds. It gets a bit messier later in the day.
Mon, May 18: 2–3ft, 16s period, rated Poor - Fair. Dawn patrol is the move — 3-4ft on W swell at 8s with 8mph SE winds. It gets a bit messier later in the day.
Tue, May 19: 1–2ft, 16s period, rated Poor. Dawn patrol is the move — 2-3ft on WSW swell at 7s with barely a breath of wind. Wind fills in through the day, pushing up to 9mph from the SW and dropping conditions to poor.
Wed, May 20: 1–2ft, 14s period, rated Poor. A slow one — 1-2ft waves and poor conditions with glassy conditions. Winds do pick up a bit by the afternoon to 8mph.