Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.7°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 8PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)--
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161661314151515151515141414141414161717171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147147102182101149167167121123123121821181201181161602761511511479291
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
NW
0
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23PM
2.00
8:32AM
1.87
8:47PM
2.15
9:20AM
1.84
9:15PM
2.29
10:10AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.50
2:33AM
0.60
2:30PM
0.56
3:15AM
0.39
3:00PM
0.65
3:58AM
0.22
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:22-
Sunset-7:24-------7:25-------7:27------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171715141414151818181616151516181817151515141520
Feels °C (?)151413131413141717171415141415171616151514111116
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