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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 10 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
21.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 1PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)15151414141413131313131313613141515151515151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)242211226234225205200174167190189203221360197195169178178158169188153162
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
onononglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
1.81
12:09AM
1.34
12:07PM
1.83
1:19AM
1.12
12:53PM
1.79
3:07AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
0.25
6:03PM
0.11
5:42AM
0.44
7:07PM
0.13
6:14AM
0.63
8:27PM
0.16
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:06-------7:05----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121222120191919222222212020202022222221202019
Feels °C (?)192019211920202020222121202121212122212222212120
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Santa Monica Ocean Park (light winds from the W at BUOY-ICAC1 2 km from Santa Monica Ocean Park). 0.6m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SW and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
W
Cross-On
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