TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 10PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131310109810101414131615151515141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)452845441591631138469511381361251837271155121826885835859
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
10
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ESE
20
SE
15
NE
20
NE
10
NE
15
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
1.10
8:34AM
1.83
10:45PM
1.06
9:03AM
1.79
11:38PM
1.02
9:35AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
-0.10
2:11AM
0.78
4:04PM
-0.09
2:36AM
0.83
4:44PM
-0.05
3:01AM
0.88
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------6:30-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-4:46-------4:46-------4:46------
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11462--111--------------
Temp. °C151414141414141617171817161615171819181818171717
Feels °C (?)1311111399101111131413131312151615141517161616
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