Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
30.9°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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 2PM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (23 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (23 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 27°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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)
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
1
SSE
13
1.1
SSE
13
1.3
SSE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
479
472
418
412
459
395
390
384
331
390
390
384
322
337
332
328
323
318
313
341
421
624
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
7:25AM1.47m
6:48PM1.69m
7:38AM1.59m
7:23PM1.76m
7:55AM1.70m
7:57PM1.78m
Low Tide
12:54PM0.74m
1:21AM0.29m
1:22PM0.57m
1:43AM0.29m
1:52PM0.42m
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:14
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
28
29
28
28
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
27
27
28
29
29
29
29
28
28
Feels °C
31
31
30
31
32
30
30
29
30
32
31
33
33
31
31
33
34
34
34
34
33
33
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