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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 6AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)151414141414141414141313131313131313131213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15910710610610616010310163625858595959565250494850515151
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
1.42
7:56PM
1.81
9:06AM
1.49
8:37PM
1.79
9:28AM
1.56
9:15PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
-0.11
1:57PM
0.59
2:44AM
-0.08
2:37PM
0.45
3:12AM
-0.00
3:14PM
0.35
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----6:55-------6:54-------6:52--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
123-11------------------
Temp. °C212122242323212121212123232322222121212323232322
Feels °C (?)232223272425232324242325232423242323232423232424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Monica Ocean Park (calm at BUOY-ICAC1 2 km from Santa Monica Ocean Park). 0.5m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 2s local chop from the NW as well as a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNE
Clean
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