Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 16 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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.2°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 8AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818181817171616161616161615151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)451432422418516505487359437432432341337324300292288288225222222218163156
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSE
0
W
5
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
E
5
E
5
S
5
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
0
SSW
5
ENE
0
SE
5
SW
5
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
1.58
9:16PM
1.29
8:51AM
1.61
9:37PM
1.41
9:30AM
1.58
10:00PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.45
3:07PM
-0.17
2:56AM
0.30
3:32PM
-0.15
3:34AM
0.15
3:57PM
-0.09
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:05-------7:06--
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. °C171718212122212222232224242323242423212324242324
Feels °C (?)171719211920192021232123232222222423212223222122
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