TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 1PM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1ft (0.3m)21s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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 (?)
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)212020191919181818181717161616161615151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)155204200195192285245239245196294258269274283230247196199206236253161145
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
20
W
25
W
15
W
15
SW
5
W
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
25
NW
15
W
15
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
1.14
4:51PM
1.66
7:44AM
1.26
6:08PM
1.73
8:13AM
1.36
7:06PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
1.02
12:40AM
-0.05
12:13PM
0.90
1:29AM
-0.11
1:11PM
0.73
2:08AM
-0.13
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise6:35-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:00-------6:58-------6:57----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C171921212120202122242523222121212121222225242120
Feels °C (?)182022212221212223242421212022222121212121232021
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at TCs (light winds from the SSW at BUOY-PXAC1 7 km from TCs). 0.4m 9s swell from the SW with a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
SSW
Clean
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