Santa Monica Pier surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 01 Aug 2025 PDT
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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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 1AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (02 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (02 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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

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Saturday
02
Sunday
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Monday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16202015151518181818181816161616161616167151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)145198198170167156200327301221246194143176177217230198261254159140118173
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
0
SW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
0
WSW
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
0
S
0
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassononononglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
1.46
8:59AM
0.94
5:50PM
1.53
9:07AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.45
1:07AM
0.30
10:20AM
0.94
1:51AM
0.16
12:05PM
0.95
Fri
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:07---
Sunset-------7:53-------7:52-------7:52
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717171822232321191919202524252221212122242426
Feels °C (?)181818191922222221201920212523232222222223242324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Monica Pier (calm at BUOY-ICAC1 0 km from Santa Monica Pier). 0.4m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SW and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
NNE
Clean
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