Hollywood Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Ventura (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.17° N 119.23° W)

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Hollywood Beach surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT

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Hollywood Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hollywood Beach sea temperature is 19.9° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hollywood Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Hollywood Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

Table - waves today at Hollywood Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	203	203	212	158	149	140	138	134	136	89	129	132	195	144	142	138	123	82	83	84	84	84	82	80
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WNW	N	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 1.75			7:59PM 2.13					9:11AM 1.83				8:41PM 2.10				9:34AM 1.89				9:20PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)				2:02PM 0.95				2:47AM 0.25				2:42PM 0.82				3:16AM 0.33				3:19PM 0.71				3:41AM 0.43

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	22	23	20	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Ventura

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the SSW at Point Mugu Naval Air Station Airport 12 km from Hollywood Beach). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SW and a 0.1m 4s local chop from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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