Rat Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rat Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rat Beach at 7PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414131412121313141413131212121212121118181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1551421388498787882841481321261237875736943423958578790
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
1.47
7:12AM
2.21
9:18PM
1.50
7:47AM
2.27
9:45PM
1.53
8:22AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.27
12:54AM
1.19
2:39PM
0.20
1:31AM
1.15
3:11PM
0.15
2:06AM
1.11
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:58-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-5:07-------5:07-------5:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242220212019192022222121212121212323222222222121
Feels °C (?)211817191818171719181718181716171918171818181717
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