TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 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 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 11AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818131316167771616161617181818181818151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9080545453909115021013412975129175193316319319273127174121255326
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.36
1:32AM
1.26
3:31AM
1.21
7:33PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.22
10:53AM
0.20
11:55AM
0.13
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:19-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C161617181920191818171718191818171717161718181716
Feels °C (?)161617181818181818161618181415151617161616161513
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