Rat Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Los Angeles County, USA)

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Rat Beach Surf Guide

Rat Shit in LA County is a reasonably exposed reef break that does not work very often. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. Ideal winds are from the southeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the northwest. Reef breaks provide lefts and rights. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Sometimes crowded. Beware of rocks and locals.

Rat Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	2	inconsistent	16.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Rat Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Rat Beach occur when a Northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

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Interactive Rat Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Rat Shit is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA, 14 km (9 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Rat Shit is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA, 15 km (9 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Rat Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 13:16 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross

Tides at Rat Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Palos Verdes Estates, 1 km from Rat Beach.

Next High Water: 03:55pm | 1.35m

Next Low Water: 04:47pm | 1.35m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Rat Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (16.2 °C) at Rat Beach is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 16.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite