Rat Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – LA County (58 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Rat Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT

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Rat Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Rat Beach sea temperature is 18.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rat Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rat Beach at 10AM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Evening (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s

Table - waves today at Rat Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	SW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	W	W	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	18	14	6	14	14	6	6	16	16	6	5	15	3	4	17	16	16	16	15	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	49	38	26	50	19	19	19	31	12	12	91	93	6	6	4	3	4	148	87	124	124	84	122	124
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	N	WNW	WSW	W	W	WSW	NW	WSW	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	E	S	WSW	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:33AM 1.81				6:54PM 1.88				7:57AM 1.90				7:42PM 1.87					8:19AM 1.98				8:25PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 0.38				1:10PM 0.96				1:28AM 0.43				1:52PM 0.79				1:58AM 0.50					2:28PM 0.64

	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	19	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rat Beach (calm at BUOY-PXAC1 13 km from Rat Beach). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.1m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Rat Beach

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