Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 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):

  • 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 8PM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
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 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri morning, min 28°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
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
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
465
378
318
388
388
388
450
450
384
380
368
475
465
460
455
455
455
455
614
614
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
on
on
on
cross
glassy
High Tide
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
part 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
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:22
6:21
6:20
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
30
30
29
28
29
29
30
31
31
30
29
29
29
29
29
30
30
29
29
28
Feels °C
33
34
32
31
32
31
33
34
33
34
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
33
34
33
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