Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
16.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (22 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
2
W
1.5
W
1.9
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1919191818181818777161616161615771515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18411711310121929830429835620235225425124624817215522624720915015314696
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
NE
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
1.62
4:30PM
0.95
2:07AM
1.48
5:44PM
1.06
3:43AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
0.76
9:00AM
-0.16
7:52PM
0.86
10:20AM
-0.11
10:06PM
0.84
11:29AM
-0.09
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:13---
Sunset-------7:31-------7:32-------7:34
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514131315161716161515151718171716161616171716
Feels °C (?)141312111113131314151313121514131614151515161513
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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