Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
31.0°C
3.2° 

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 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 5AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (23 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (23 Aug)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 28°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
4
1
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.9
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.9
S
12
1.9
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.6
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
207
309
411
297
293
285
204
214
258
261
671
1116
943
682
530
755
573
583
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
0
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
N
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:06AM1.24m
5:44PM1.55m
8:01AM1.30m
6:28PM1.67m
Low Tide
00:49AM0.42m
12:00PM1.10m
1:14AM0.32m
12:36PM0.99m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:45
6:45
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
29
28
28
29
31
31
30
29
29
28
28
29
30
30
29
28
28
Feels °C
34
36
32
32
33
34
34
34
34
35
33
33
35
34
34
34
33
33
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