Japs Cove surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 PST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131010101010101616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5453525252294528454412114815412810098868584858472155121
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
10
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
20
ESE
30
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
5
W
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NNW
5
E
10
ENE
10
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
1.54
8:11AM
2.21
10:07PM
1.50
8:40AM
2.19
10:53PM
1.45
9:11AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
1.09
3:31PM
0.24
2:23AM
1.15
4:08PM
0.26
2:49AM
1.20
Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise----6:28-------6:30-------6:31---
Sunset-------4:46-------4:46-------4:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1156621-----------
Temp. °C151515151515141414151615141516171817161616161818
Feels °C (?)111311121413131211101514111214151314131414141514
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