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Picnic Beach

Orange County, California, United States

Picnic Beach 5 photos

  • Heisler Park - Laguna Beach - California - 03

    Heisler Park - Laguna Beach - California - 03. NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Heisler Park - Laguna Beach - California - 01

    Heisler Park - Laguna Beach - California - 01. NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Laguna Beach, CA 2

    Laguna Beach, CA 2. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Laguna Beach, CA 3

    Laguna Beach, CA 3. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Breaking Waves

    Breaking Waves. incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Best: 11 am to sunset, sunset 6:07 pm
8 am
5.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
10 am
6.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
11 am
7.9
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
12 pm
7.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
1 pm
8.0
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
8.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
3 pm
8.5
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
4 pm
8.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
5 pm
8.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
6 pm
8.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great

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°C64°F
Water
23°C73°F
Wind
106 km/hmph W
Gusts
149 km/hmph
Waves
1.0 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
10%
Sunset
6:07 pm
Today
5.5Good8 am64
7.3Great9 am43
7.7Great10 am64
6.4Good11 am1710
5.7Good12 pm85
5.5Good1 pm95
7.3Great2 pm117
7.4Great3 pm85
7.7Great4 pm149
5.9Good5 pm149
6.4Good6 pm85
Fri
5.2Fair8 am85
5.2Fair9 am74
6.7Good10 am64
7.9Great11 am32
7.7Great12 pm85
8.0Great1 pm96
8.3Great2 pm138
8.5Excellent3 pm149
8.5Excellent4 pm159
8.4Great5 pm159
8.1Great6 pm138
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 am, -0.2 m. High at 7 am, 1.2 m. Low at 2 pm, -0.2 m. High at 8 pm, 1.0 mLow 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 7 am, 1.2 m4 ftLow 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 8 pm, 1.0 m3 ftNow4 am10 am4 pm10 pm
  • 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 310 m0.2 mi awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
  • Restrooms60 m210 ft away
  • Showers240 m780 ft away
  • Drinking water60 m200 ft away
  • Parking15 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 130 m420 ft. Listed as paid
  • Food and drink42 within 1 km0.6 mi

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
140 m460 ft
Nearest town
510 m0.3 miLaguna Beach (town)
Nearest airport
40 km25 miFullerton Municipal Airport (FUL)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Picnic Beach.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Fri8.5 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 16%
  • Sat9.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 1%
  • Sun9.6 ExcellentBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.7 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 10 am to 3 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed7.6 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 0%