TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 23 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
15.8° 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 5PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)101099911111010101065666610101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)314642604081797810451323228837561423150721301257046
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
10
W
0
SE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
0.75
1:38AM
1.56
6:18PM
0.82
3:06AM
1.57
6:54PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
0.18
6:04PM
0.66
10:03AM
0.08
7:07PM
0.82
11:26AM
-0.08
10:04PM
0.87
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:28-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---5:44-------5:45-------5:45----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181921212019191817181818181716161617191918171717
Feels °C (?)151617161616171615171516161716171617181717171818
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