Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 2026 PST
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Zuma Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zuma Beach sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zuma Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Zuma Beach at 5PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)1616151515151515141414141466667666766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85124163159159157110109107106146969393108124128302921241532626033
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SE
5
S
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
0
NW
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
2.28
8:20PM
1.72
7:28AM
2.31
8:47PM
1.81
8:12AM
2.29
9:14PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.09
1:23AM
0.93
2:25PM
0.10
2:07AM
0.80
2:56PM
0.17
2:49AM
0.70
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---5:50-------5:51-------5:52----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222424242122191919212222181615141417191815161514
Feels °C (?)212324231921191919212018151312111216161413151313
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