Venice Pier surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Venice Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Venice Pier sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Venice Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Venice Pier at 7PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SW
0.7
W
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414141413131313131313131313131313131315614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061601031016362585859595956525049485051515155342953
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
2.14
9:00AM
1.85
8:32PM
2.12
9:23AM
1.92
9:10PM
2.06
9:44AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
0.93
2:37AM
0.24
2:33PM
0.80
3:06AM
0.31
3:09PM
0.68
3:31AM
0.41
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:41-
Sunset-6:55-------6:54-------6:52------
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C232222212121212323222121212021232323232221202021
Feels °C (?)242324232323242523222223232224242323242423222222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Venice Pier (calm at BUOY-ICAC1 5 km from Venice Pier). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the W and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.1m 8s swell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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