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Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 PST
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Murphy's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Murphy's sea temperature is
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Murphy's today?

The current surf forecast for Murphy's at 6AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Murphy's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)191818171716161616161515141414131313131313191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7310912316815920314414414213887848110363605858573332306160
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
S
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:28AM
1.43
7:13PM
0.84
5:15AM
1.49
8:02PM
0.91
5:58AM
1.55
8:32PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
0.18
10:25PM
0.77
1:11PM
0.05
11:31PM
0.80
1:47PM
-0.06
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:07-------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. °C181817192120191919181819222121201919192022212020
Feels °C (?)131312141717151414131316191717161515151719181716
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