Hermosa Beach and Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Hermosa Beach and Pier at 1PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)161515151515151414141414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1811811651131631681591071061061061601036663625858595959565250
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
SSW
10
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
NW
20
N
15
NNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
1.30
7:14PM
1.72
8:46AM
1.39
8:02PM
1.75
9:11AM
1.46
8:43PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
0.73
2:15AM
-0.13
2:03PM
0.58
2:47AM
-0.10
2:42PM
0.44
3:15AM
-0.03
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:39-------
Sunset---6:57-------6:55-------6:54----
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---21----------------
Temp. °C222121212021212323232322222121202021222221202020
Feels °C (?)222022212021202425252423242323222123232322222222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent on-shore wind 18 km from Hermosa Beach and Pier has fallen light (light winds from the S at Santa Monica Airport). Waves cleaning up. 0.5m 3s local chop from the WSW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
S
0.0
20.5
Air / Water (°C)
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