Burnout surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 29 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Burnout today?

The current surf forecast for Burnout at 1AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)131314141414141413131313121212121212121717161619
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)209219236268206203200138126125123115106751061081041039810194137134365
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
0
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
10
E
0
SSE
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
1.51
6:40AM
2.43
8:43PM
1.60
7:31AM
2.50
9:18PM
1.67
8:17AM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.14
2:07PM
-0.04
1:14AM
1.05
2:48PM
-0.08
2:04AM
0.96
3:25PM
-0.06
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:22-------5:22-------5:23
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322212122242524242322212225252321212018192019
Feels °C (?)191817161618202119201918171822211817191717181817
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