Hermosa Beach and Pier surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818131316167771616161617181818181818151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9080545453909115021013412975129175193316319319273127174121255326
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
1.30
1:40AM
1.21
3:39AM
1.16
7:41PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
0.22
11:00AM
0.20
12:02PM
0.13
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:20-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C171717192020191918171719202019181717171818181716
Feels °C (?)181818191918191918171719181616161617171715161514
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