TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 Feb 2026 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)99999971818181716161616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45444364837832514924568987878646508175112110727271
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
5
WSW
0
NW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
15
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
1.63
7:21PM
1.09
5:43AM
1.74
7:48PM
1.20
6:38AM
1.83
8:15PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
-0.23
11:35PM
0.76
1:07PM
-0.34
12:34AM
0.60
1:46PM
-0.39
1:22AM
0.44
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:46-------5:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151719202223242323252725232221202020212119171617
Feels °C (?)161718182224232221242422212120202019201918161617
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