TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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TCs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's TCs sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 2PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131415151615151515141414141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69711301351371351308784120120120120118807773701026969585757
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SW
25
W
25
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.34
9:45PM
1.93
10:57AM
1.23
10:21PM
1.97
11:55AM
1.11
11:01PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.27
4:39AM
-0.35
4:03PM
0.39
5:29AM
-0.37
4:38PM
0.52
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:25-------7:27----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161719191717171717181919181717171718181817161615
Feels °C (?)141617151315151616181715161617161617151514141514
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