Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
31.0°C
3.1° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 1AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (02 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (02 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Wed morning, min 28°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
2
3
3
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
1
2
2
3
5
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)
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
2.2
S
13
2.5
S
13
3
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
212
246
246
238
189
283
422
469
1617
2151
2498
2414
2610
2612
2405
2430
2471
2402
2380
2250
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
S
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
SE
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:10PM1.26m
11:03AM1.74m
00:11AM1.06m
11:43AM1.66m
Low Tide
5:14PM0.46m
4:26AM0.71m
6:14PM0.53m
4:33AM0.84m
7:57PM0.60m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:37
6:36
 mm
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
30
30
29
29
29
29
29
32
32
32
30
29
29
29
30
32
29
30
28
28
Feels °C
33
34
34
34
33
33
32
35
31
33
32
32
32
32
33
32
28
30
30
31
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