Cresent Bay Beach
Orange County, California, United States
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 11 am to sunset, sunset 6:08 pm7.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
6.1
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
6.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
8.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
15 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.7
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 11 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C65°F
- Water
- 23°C73°F
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph W
- Gusts
- 149 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.0 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 11%
- Sunset
- 6:08 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.2 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 40 m110 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms50 m150 ft away
- Drinking water210 m680 ft away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 490 m0.3 mi. Fee not listed
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 410 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 230 m750 ftCoast-Cliff
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km1 miLaguna Beach (town)
- Nearest airport
- 40 km25 miFullerton Municipal Airport (FUL)
Nearby places
- Moongoat Coffee RoastersCoffee shop410 m0.3 mi
- Husksy Boy HamburgersBurger530 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Picnic Beach1.1 km0.7 mi east away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Bird Rock Beach1.3 km0.8 mi east away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Main Beach1.7 km1.0 mi south-east away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Woods Cove3.6 km2.3 mi south-east away8.2 Great tomorrow
- Moss Point3.8 km2.4 mi south-east away8.2 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri8.7 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h10 mph, rain 7%
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Sun9.3 ExcellentBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.4 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
- Tue6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%