72nd Place surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 06 Feb 2026 PST
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72nd Place surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 72nd Place sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at 72nd Place today?

The current surf forecast for 72nd Place at 12AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (07 Feb)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (07 Feb)4ft (1.2m)14s

Table - waves today at 72nd Place. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)161616151515141414141313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221919631913168314151074932906672534503411335335330268206193187141139280224174
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
WNW
20
W
10
W
5
W
0
SSW
0
NW
5
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
1.86
12:43PM
1.37
1:10AM
1.82
2:29PM
1.20
2:03AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.77
7:12AM
0.91
6:08PM
0.95
8:44AM
0.90
6:17PM
1.11
10:34AM
0.82
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------5:28-------5:29-------5:30
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616161617202019212121222325252321202019202020
Feels °C (?)161716171617181717202018181921202019191917181818
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