When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Costa Mesa, CA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Orange County, California
211
customers reported out in Costa Mesa · live from Southern California Edison
Utility restoration time for Costa Mesa: Oct 4, 8:00 AM PDT
No clear recovery trend yet for Costa Mesa — outages aren't steadily declining, so we can't give a dependable time yet.
Across the whole county (Orange, CA, all utilities): 552 reported out, county-wide outlook restoring slowly — roughly 8 customers an hour coming back — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Costa Mesa figure above.
Updated 8:47 PM PDT.
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa is a city of about 109,131 residents in Orange County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Costa Mesa by name, so this page reports the Orange County county-wide view, which covers Costa Mesa. If a serving utility does name Costa Mesa during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Costa Mesa:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Costa Mesa: the closest other places we track are Fountain Valley, about 4 miles to the northwest; Newport Beach, about 4 miles to the southeast; Santa Ana, about 5 miles to the north; and Huntington Beach, about 5 miles to the west. Also nearby: Tustin (7 mi NE), Westminster (8 mi NW), Irvine (8 mi E), Garden Grove (8 mi N), Stanton (10 mi NW), Orange (11 mi NE), Seal Beach (11 mi NW) and Laguna Woods (11 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Anaheim (12 mi); northeast toward Yorba Linda (17 mi); east toward Lake Forest (14 mi); southeast toward Laguna Beach (12 mi); west toward Lomita (25 mi); and northwest toward Los Alamitos (12 mi).

Who serves Costa Mesa?

We track live outage data from Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Anaheim Public Utilities ↗ in Orange County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.

Recent outages tracked in Costa Mesa

Costa Mesa's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 2,317 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.

  • Oct 2 — 2,317 customers out, restored in an hour
  • Sep 28 — 36 customers out, restored in 11 hours
  • Sep 27 — 52 customers out, restored in 10 hours
  • Sep 25 — 334 customers out, restored in 12 hours
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Orange County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 13.5 hr. The full record for Orange County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Costa Mesa, CA?

To check your own street, search a Costa Mesa ZIP code — 92626, 92627 or 92628 — and the map opens on that area.

Costa Mesa, CA — live power outage tracker