Cerritos Surf Break

Lat Long: 23.26° N 110.16° W

Cerritos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cerritos sea temperature is
30.9°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cerritos at 5PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Sat morning, min 26°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1054
1040
897
840
763
752
656
647
647
656
656
602
594
501
494
494
459
452
433
347
342
336
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
S
Wind State
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
3:10PM1.52m
7:29AM1.27m
4:58PM1.61m
7:30AM1.37m
6:04PM1.74m
Low Tide
11:50PM0.36m
11:13AM1.14m
00:35AM0.22m
12:16PM0.97m
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:34
6:32
6:31
 mm
2
2
1
2
1
4
10
2
2
3
2
1
3
5
4
Temp °C
29
30
30
29
29
28
28
28
28
30
29
26
27
27
27
26
27
30
30
29
28
28
Feels °C
35
35
34
34
34
32
32
32
31
33
32
30
30
30
30
30
31
34
34
33
33
33
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