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 4 am Sunday 14 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 20.7° 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 8AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

Table - waves today at Japs Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	134	138	118	118	115	74	121	71	80	79	77	128	127	125	124	184	167	163	160	158	220	200	193	190
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSE	S	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	SW	W	W	SW	WSW	NW	W	W	W	W	W	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:59AM 1.33			3:18PM 1.98					7:10AM 1.46			4:52PM 1.99					7:44AM 1.57				6:07PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			7:58AM 1.31						11:36PM 0.40			10:34AM 1.35					12:40AM 0.31				12:09PM 1.24

	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	22	21	21	22	22	24	25	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	22	23	24	23	24	24	21	21	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

Wind Update Recent clean conditions at Japs Cove have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the S at BUOY-PXAC1 8 km from Japs Cove). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 14s 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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