Ballona Creek and Jetty surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 PDT
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Ballona Creek and Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballona Creek and Jetty sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ballona Creek and Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for Ballona Creek and Jetty at 4AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Ballona Creek and Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)14141414141416161616131318141415151516151616165
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81102102100747167936767454670808210787573860636412290
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
0
ENE
5
SSE
5
SE
0
ENE
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
0
SSE
0
W
5
W
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
1.80
8:57AM
2.11
9:40PM
1.74
9:18AM
2.15
10:19PM
1.67
9:40AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.69
3:31PM
0.41
3:08AM
0.80
4:04PM
0.35
3:30AM
0.91
4:38PM
0.33
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:14-------6:12-------6:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212220191922232121202019192121211818181717192020
Feels °C (?)202220192022211920202019192019201617181717181616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ballona Creek and Jetty (light winds from the NE at Los Angeles Airport 7 km from Ballona Creek and Jetty). 0.4m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
NE
Clean
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