Rat Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 PDT
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Rat Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rat Beach sea temperature is
21.8° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rat Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rat Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)--
Afternoon (22 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (22 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

Table - waves today at Rat Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)1010666666633445666642020666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)315710666610923468910162319216216232222
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
5
SE
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
W
10
W
20
W
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
2.29
10:36AM
1.80
10:02PM
2.18
11:01AM
1.85
10:40PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
0.88
4:15AM
0.17
3:59PM
0.81
4:43AM
0.29
4:40PM
0.77
5:08AM
0.43
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C222222212122222322232221212122222322212121212122
Feels °C (?)222223222224232321232222222223222120212222232222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Rat Beach (light winds from the W at Torrance Municipal Airport 8 km from Rat Beach). 0.4m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.2m 2s local chop, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 53 min ago

19 km/h
W
Cross-On
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