Hobson's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 PST
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Hobson's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hobson's sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hobson's today?

The current surf forecast for Hobson's at 3PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

Table - waves today at Hobson's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141414131313131414131313201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858483811701151101076969686535341716164032585478188238
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
0
ESE
5
SW
5
W
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
0
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
1.00
3:12AM
1.41
3:43PM
0.84
4:01AM
1.46
5:54PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
0.60
8:04PM
0.35
10:20AM
0.48
8:47PM
0.54
11:40AM
0.31
9:41PM
0.69
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:05-------5:05-------5:06----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111416151413131313161917151515151518212118181717
Feels °C (?)711131211101099131613121111121115181915141313
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