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Lunada Bay surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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Lunada Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lunada Bay sea temperature is
15.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lunada Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lunada Bay at 10AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (12 Mar)1ft (0.3m)18s

Table - waves today at Lunada Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
W
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111141515174171688141414147147722222221
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3820203334334712227198202032323246156831211181549190
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
W
20
W
20
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffglasscross-
on		ononcrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
1.73
8:34PM
1.48
5:54AM
1.82
8:34PM
1.54
6:46AM
1.93
8:44PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.57
12:04AM
1.37
1:34PM
0.46
12:54AM
1.26
2:03PM
0.37
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:58-------6:59-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192123252828272726252425252422211818171818171716
Feels °C (?)192020212423222423232123222019191717161717161614
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