Burnout surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDT
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Burnout surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Burnout sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Burnout today?

The current surf forecast for Burnout at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)19s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.1
W
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1212121919191918181818186777161616161515715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)305050666666635597152152150199294242173131125129756967116104
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
5
W
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossononononononcross-
on
ononononoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
1.40
12:51AM
2.14
4:35PM
1.45
2:08AM
1.98
5:46PM
1.57
3:43AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.21
6:10PM
1.27
8:55AM
0.29
7:44PM
1.36
10:13AM
0.34
9:59PM
1.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:16-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:29-------7:30----
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151617171716151514151617161616161617181817171616
Feels °C (?)141314131312111212121212111515151516161314161414
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