Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 09 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
17.3° C
(Which is 3.3°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 10AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
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
Period(s) (?)61616161616171818181818181516161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)188127129130129175305319399399276280176181330412412412330291288288284284
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrossglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
1.21
3:34AM
1.16
7:36PM
1.01
5:10AM
1.21
7:37PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
0.19
12:06PM
0.12
11:50PM
0.87
12:48PM
0.06
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:30-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C161716181818171616151617181717151514141616161616
Feels °C (?)171717181716161516151716161516131414141413131413
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