TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.5
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
1.4
WNW
1
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
S
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)1010107587711111113131212121212131111131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19456184897323210656616465295310628282726312423131312
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
NNW
0
N
10
W
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
S
10
SW
10
WNW
0
E
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
ononcrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
1.44
10:24PM
1.56
10:43AM
1.24
10:49PM
1.53
11:26AM
1.04
11:15PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
0.12
4:07PM
0.11
4:46AM
0.13
4:27PM
0.28
5:30AM
0.18
4:44PM
0.45
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:52-------5:52-------5:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151719212119181817191920191919191820212221222220
Feels °C (?)101017171513131312141416151715141316171616171614
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