Murphy's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am 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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 6PM 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 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.4
S
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
1.6
W
2
WNW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)121272019191918181818187771616161616157715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605163119184117113101219298304298356229350254251251248172155277225209
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
SE
0
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
0.91
12:50AM
1.62
4:30PM
0.95
2:07AM
1.48
5:44PM
1.06
3:43AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
-0.24
6:19PM
0.76
9:00AM
-0.16
7:52PM
0.86
10:20AM
-0.11
10:06PM
0.84
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:18-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:31-------7:31-------7:32----
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C151516171615141313151617161515151517171717171616
Feels °C (?)131217141413121011131213131313121315131416161415
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