Santa Monica Ocean Park surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 PDT
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Santa Monica Ocean Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Monica Ocean Park sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Monica Ocean Park today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Monica Ocean Park at 6PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

Table - waves today at Santa Monica Ocean Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313121212121212121212121212121515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)466969696968444362595958583837282827272627273434
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
0
E
0
ESE
5
NNW
5
SW
5
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononglassglasscross-
off
onononononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.57
8:16PM
1.32
7:34AM
1.60
8:42PM
1.43
8:21AM
1.59
9:06PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
-0.19
1:39AM
0.46
2:17PM
-0.17
2:24AM
0.29
2:48PM
-0.10
3:04AM
0.15
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:12-------7:12----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C152021212020202121222222232118171720201917171717
Feels °C (?)151919192020202019212019222118181720191817171717
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