Lunada Bay surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lunada Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lunada Bay at 1PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131319181817161615141414131412
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11611010710610397929089878666641031001311791631531421368498112
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
N
5
WNW
5
N
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
1.96
7:50PM
1.37
5:54AM
2.04
8:23PM
1.43
6:34AM
2.12
8:50PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.50
11:21PM
1.23
1:33PM
0.38
12:12AM
1.22
2:07PM
0.27
12:53AM
1.19
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---5:06-------5:06-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191921212121201919202121212021201920212019181817
Feels °C (?)151517161718181615171717171718171616171616151515
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