Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 18 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
28.9° C
2.8° 

Cerritos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cerritos today (18 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 7PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)--
Afternoon (18 Jul)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (18 Jul)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 27°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
1
3
3
3
3
4
4
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
10
1.5
SSW
13
1.6
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SSW
17
1.1
SW
15
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
253
749
604
534
516
687
679
671
309
364
537
666
674
843
853
539
853
832
801
760
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
WNW
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
N
5
SW
0
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:49AM1.49m
11:15PM1.43m
12:23PM1.49m
00:04AM1.22m
1:01PM1.49m
Low Tide
5:31PM0.82m
5:38AM0.56m
6:35PM0.84m
5:56AM0.72m
8:07PM0.83m
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:45
5:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:07
7:07
7:07
 mm
1
1
2
4
2
4
Temp °C
31
29
28
28
27
28
28
30
29
28
28
28
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
27
Feels °C
33
32
32
33
32
33
32
34
32
31
32
33
32
31
32
32
31
31
32
29
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