Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
30.4°C
2.6° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 20s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 2PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Fri morning, min 28°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
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)
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.7
SW
20
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1
SW
18
1
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
478
394
465
378
318
388
388
388
450
450
384
380
368
475
465
460
455
455
455
455
614
614
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
0
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
10:42AM1.57m
00:48AM0.88m
10:57AM1.46m
11:04AM1.34m
Low Tide
6:35PM0.71m
2:07AM0.88m
11:04PM0.72m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:22
6:21
6:20
 mm
1
3
1
1
Temp °C
29
30
30
30
29
28
29
29
30
31
31
30
29
29
29
29
29
30
30
30
29
29
Feels °C
31
33
32
33
32
30
32
31
33
34
33
33
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
35
35
35
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