Santa Monica Jetties surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDT
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Santa Monica Jetties surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Monica Jetties sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Monica Jetties today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Monica Jetties at 4AM is: 0.3m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1ft (0.3m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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


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Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)212113202020191919191818181818181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11369446060979696969484112111154154152152150145133129127127125
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
S
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SE
0
ESE
0
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
ESE
0
NNE
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
1.73
2:12PM
0.87
1:05AM
1.66
4:42PM
0.83
2:17AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.49
7:40AM
-0.05
6:11PM
0.65
9:06AM
-0.01
6:52PM
0.80
10:44AM
-0.04
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----6:54-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:07-------7:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181823242220191919202324232119191920242423
Feels °C (?)181918191823232120202020202223222120191920232221
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