Sunset Boulevard surf break

Sunset Boulevard surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Sunset Boulevard surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset Boulevard sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sunset Boulevard today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Boulevard at 12AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s

Table - waves today at Sunset Boulevard. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414141313131414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28729128327220320327627614414413613818112613017614014013811917312911480
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
E
5
SE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
0
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
1.78
8:41AM
1.42
7:56PM
1.81
9:06AM
1.49
8:37PM
1.79
9:28AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
-0.11
1:57PM
0.59
2:44AM
-0.08
2:37PM
0.45
3:12AM
-0.00
3:14PM
0.35
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:39---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:54-------6:53
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-121-------------------
Temp. °C202221222325252423222121222324232222212121242524
Feels °C (?)212323232427262425242323242424232324232323252524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sunset Boulevard (calm at Santa Monica Airport 10 km from Sunset Boulevard). 0.6m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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