Japs Cove Surf Forecast

/ CAL – LA County (58 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Japs Cove surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT

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

Today's Japs Cove sea temperature is 20.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Japs Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Japs Cove at 2AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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 Japs Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	193	190	190	188	181	181	165	113	163	168	159	107	106	106	106	160	103	101	63	62	58	58	59	59
Wind (km/h)	WNW	SW	WSW	WNW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	NNW	ENE	NW	N	WSW	W	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:07PM 2.05					8:13AM 1.67			7:05PM 2.11					8:38AM 1.76			7:52PM 2.13					9:02AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			1:28AM 0.24				1:08PM 1.09					2:07AM 0.22			1:54PM 0.94					2:39AM 0.25				2:34PM 0.80

	Tue 16		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21
Feels °C (?)	18	19	21	20	19	20	21	21	21	20	21	24	23	24	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

Wind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Japs Cove (light winds from the N at BUOY-PXAC1 8 km from Japs Cove). 0.6m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the WSW as well as a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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