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Hermosa Beach and Pier surf break

Hermosa Beach and Pier surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Hermosa Beach and Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hermosa Beach and Pier sea temperature is
16.6° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Hermosa Beach Good Stuff Strand Cam. Live Camera Stream from Southern California

How big are the waves at Hermosa Beach and Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Hermosa Beach and Pier at 10PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Hermosa Beach and Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.6
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)888877161616161615151512141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7303452751818335515150504847764329411616203832331717
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
45
NNW
30
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
1.23
2:04AM
1.32
1:34PM
0.99
2:53AM
1.35
3:19PM
0.81
3:43AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
0.18
8:20AM
0.61
7:42PM
0.38
9:58AM
0.51
8:22PM
0.57
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414131312121316171615141413141820181716161517
Feels °C (?)10368877811121198878131512111010911
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