Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
29.1° C
2.8° 

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 (20 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 9PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)--
Afternoon (20 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (20 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
1
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)
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
14
2
SSW
14
2
SSW
14
2
SSW
13
1.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
853
832
801
666
657
649
584
857
862
994
1186
1322
1411
1465
1380
1137
1026
1026
850
747
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:01PM1.49m
1:20AM1.04m
1:46PM1.48m
2:47PM1.48m
Low Tide
8:07PM0.83m
6:06AM0.86m
10:10PM0.75m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:46
5:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:07
7:07
7:07
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
29
29
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
27
26
26
26
27
28
29
29
27
28
Feels °C
32
33
33
31
30
30
31
30
30
31
29
28
27
28
28
29
29
30
28
30
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