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TCs surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at TCs today?

The current surf forecast for TCs at 9PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)171616161616151514141414131313131319181817161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1491951311421271241161101071061039792908987566664103100131179163
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
W
15
NW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
E
5
E
0
N
10
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		glasscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
0.88
5:12AM
1.55
7:59PM
0.95
5:55AM
1.62
8:29PM
1.01
6:34AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.19
10:14PM
0.81
1:00PM
0.05
11:20PM
0.84
1:36PM
-0.06
12:11AM
0.83
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-
Sunset-5:04-------5:05-------5:06------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212221212019191921212120201918192122202020202020
Feels °C (?)171717181615151517161617171715151817151717171617
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