Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
29.0° 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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 7AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sat morning, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
19
0.6
SSW
19
0.5
SW
19
1
S
10
1
S
10
0.8
S
9
1
S
11
1.1
SSW
10
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
1.2
SSW
10
1.1
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
246
248
181
198
194
103
229
276
293
362
312
370
319
263
374
803
754
650
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
E
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
9:50PM1.82m
11:15AM1.48m
10:32PM1.64m
11:49AM1.49m
Low Tide
4:44AM0.21m
4:37PM0.80m
5:13AM0.38m
5:31PM0.82m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
clear
rain showers
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
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5:43
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:08
7:07
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
29
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
28
27
28
29
31
31
30
29
29
Feels °C
31
29
29
29
30
30
30
31
31
31
30
32
32
33
34
33
33
34
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