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Burnout surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.5° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Burnout today?

The current surf forecast for Burnout at 5AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)181817161615151413131313131312121215151413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5857878986113110150130908987848348464570150142119155144136
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
5
N
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NE
0
E
5
NE
5
N
5
ENE
5
S
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossonononglassglassglassoffglasscross-
off		glassonglassglassglasscrossglasscrosscross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
2.31
10:12PM
1.55
8:55AM
2.30
10:40PM
1.59
9:29AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
1.11
3:41PM
0.13
2:42AM
1.07
4:10PM
0.15
3:20AM
1.05
4:38PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:09-------5:10-------5:12--
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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. °C222221212322202019171718202018191919202021211919
Feels °C (?)181817171918171817161516181816171716161717171617
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