Santa Monica Jetties surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
20.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 1AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)191918181818171716161616161515151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)192285245239245196295258260275283230249196200142218213197165142154151166
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
0
WNW
0
NW
0
SW
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SE
5
SSE
0
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
N
10
E
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
offcrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
1.24
6:09PM
1.73
8:15AM
1.34
7:08PM
1.78
8:41AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
-0.03
12:10PM
0.90
1:31AM
-0.09
1:11PM
0.74
2:11AM
-0.11
1:57PM
0.59
Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:39---
Sunset-------6:59-------6:58-------6:57
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
------------------16126510
Temp. °C222222242528292926232222222324232122222020212221
Feels °C (?)232424252628282725242323222324232122212121222423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Monica Jetties (calm at BUOY-ICAC1 5 km from Santa Monica Jetties). 0.3m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the WSW as well as a 0.1m 3s local chop from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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