Santa Monica Pier Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.01° N 118.50° W)

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Santa Monica Pier surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 PST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Santa Monica Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Santa Monica Pier sea temperature is 18.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Monica Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Monica Pier at 11AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s

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

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	Tuesday 04						Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri 07
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	12	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	70	69	69	68	34	44	44	34	44	44	40	21	33	21	69	116	195	334	853	940	644	522	346	269
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	W	W	WNW	WNW	ENE	ESE	S	WSW	SSW	E	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 2.03				8:34PM 1.41				8:05AM 2.14				9:28PM 1.33				8:43AM 2.18					10:27PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)				2:20PM -0.22				1:49AM 0.42				3:07PM -0.35				2:24AM 0.53				3:57PM -0.39				3:03AM 0.65

	Tuesday 04						Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Fri 07
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	19	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	19	20	18	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	15	17	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	19	19	17	20	18	18	16

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