Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 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
16.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 4AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151514141414141414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1911911191281231651651651651181161131071041041041021011016799999998
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SE
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
1.85
11:00AM
1.19
10:24PM
1.89
11:58AM
1.07
11:04PM
1.86
1:08PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
-0.34
4:14PM
0.37
5:40AM
-0.36
4:49PM
0.50
6:36AM
-0.32
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:20-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:29-------7:30-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171918171720191817171716161818171515141415171717
Feels °C (?)131513121317161615151614141615151313121214141413
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