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40th Street Surf Photo: 'Sunset' by Chris McNulty

Lat Long: 33.62° N 117.94° W

Issued: 4 am 01 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's 40th Street sea temperature is

19.0° C

1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year

40th Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NW	WNW	W	SSW
	11 s	cross	11 s	10 s	19 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NW		W	SSW
	12 s	cross		12 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	NNW		W	SSW
	12 s	cross- off		12 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ENE		W	SSW
	12 s	glass		12 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	E		W	W
	11 s	glass		8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	E		W	W
	11 s	glass		8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SSW		W	W
	17 s	glass		7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		W	WNW
	17 s	glass		7 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WNW		W	WNW
	17 s	glass		7 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SE		W	W
	16 s	glass		8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SE		W	SSW
	16 s	cross		9 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SE		W	SSW
	16 s	cross		9 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SE		W	SSW
	16 s	cross		9 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ESE		W	SSW
	9 s	cross- off		9 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	ESE		W	SSW
	9 s	glass		9 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	W		W	SSW
	8 s	glass		8 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from 40th Street around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 3 hours and 2 minutes before low water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 0.2m (0.7 ft). Range 4.22m (13.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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40th Street Surf Photo: 'Sunset' by Chris McNulty

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Photo taken at: 5:15 pm 26 Dec 2018