Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 19 Mar 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
17.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161615151515151514141414141013132121
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1431331291271731711661621561501461441041421381381361337571707070115
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
0
E
5
ESE
0
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
5
N
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
1.62
10:55AM
1.35
10:57PM
1.69
11:44AM
1.17
11:31PM
1.71
12:45PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
-0.07
4:50PM
0.15
5:45AM
-0.11
5:17PM
0.30
6:40AM
-0.10
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----7:00-------6:58-------6:56---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:07-------7:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424222225242221222119192120201918201818202020
Feels °C (?)222325222325242220212119192119191818201818202020
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