Santa Monica Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Los Angeles County, USA)
Santa Monica Pier Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell WSW | Wind NE
Sea Temperature Today is: 19.6 °C
| Wednesday 23 | ||||
| 2AM | 5AM | 8AM | 11AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 S |
 S |
 SSW |
SSW |
| Period (s) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | off | glass | glass | cross- off |
View detailed 48hrs and full 7 days forecasts
Santa Monica Pier in LA County is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach breaks peel to the right. Best around low tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Hazards include rips and pollution.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
At Santa Monica, California (0 km).
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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| low tide |
Santa Monica Pier Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At BUOY-ICAC1, 0 km from Santa Monica Pier.
calm km/h |  | Air temperature 18.3 °C |
Current weather near Santa Monica Pier
Buoy Data:
At Santa Monica Bay, CA, 12 miles from Santa Monica Pier.
| 1AM | 2AM | 3AM | 4AM | |
| Data Age | 4 hr | 3 hr | 2 hr | 1 hr |
| Wave height (m) |
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| Dominant period (s) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Overall Santa Monica Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in October
Wind stats for Santa Monica Pier: see the variation in direction and stength by month.
Surf photos from
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Use this relief map to navigate to CAL - LA County surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Santa Monica Pier
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Santa Monica Pier:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break1 mi
- Third closest break1 mi
- Fourth closest break1 mi
- Fifth closest break2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Santa Monica Pier:
- Closest wave buoy12 mi
- Second closest wave buoy27 mi
- Third closest wave buoy29 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy35 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy36 mi
Tide stations nearest to Santa Monica Pier:
- Closest tide station0 mi
- Second closest tide station3 mi
- Third closest tide station7 mi
- Fourth closest tide station8 mi
- Fifth closest tide station10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Santa Monica Pier:
- Closest ski area48 mi
- Second closest ski area53 mi
- Third closest ski area53 mi
- Fourth closest ski area85 mi
- Fifth closest ski area93 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Santa Monica Pier:
- Closest city location1 mi
- Second closest city location6 mi
- Third closest city location7 mi
- Fourth closest city location7 mi
- Fifth closest city location8 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Santa Monica Pier is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 11 km (7 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Santa Monica Pier is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR), also in USA, 18 km (11 miles) away.
- Third is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away.
- Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA is 39 km (24 miles) away.
- Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Santa Monica Pier and is 58 km (36 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Santa Monica Pier, CAL - LA County. Use the tab navigation above to view Santa Monica Pier sea temperature, Santa Monica Pier photographs, Santa Monica Pier detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Santa Monica Pier webcams, current wind from CAL - LA County live weather stations and Santa Monica Pier tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Santa Monica Pier.
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