Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
29.3° C
2.7° 

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 (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 10AM is: 0.5m 26s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (23 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
4
2
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
10
1
SW
10
0.7
SW
13
0.5
SW
26
0.7
SW
13
1.1
SW
10
1
SW
10
0.6
SSW
24
0.9
SSW
24
0.9
SSW
24
0.8
SSW
24
0.6
SSW
24
0.6
SW
23
1.1
SW
21
1.4
SW
21
1.5
SSW
21
1.3
SSW
21
1.2
SSW
21
1.1
SW
21
1.2
SW
20
1.4
SW
19
1.7
SSW
19
1.7
SSW
19
1.5
SSW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
225
188
175
329
172
263
188
374
964
964
704
368
425
1051
1868
2092
1527
1210
1012
1111
1535
2044
2044
1719
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SW
5
WSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
0
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
3:57PM1.50m
8:07AM1.14m
5:00PM1.56m
8:04AM1.20m
5:52PM1.64m
Low Tide
11:34PM0.63m
00:22AM0.50m
10:26AM1.13m
00:57AM0.38m
11:46AM1.08m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:47
5:47
5:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:07
7:06
7:06
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
27
26
28
29
29
29
28
28
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
30
28
31
31
31
32
31
31
29
30
32
32
32
31
31
31
32
30
33
30
30
30
29
31
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