Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.2
WNW
0.3
S
1.2
W
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
W
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
W
0.3
S
0.4
WNW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)16161116615151510151411141214131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81813374411972383852383739364432353131583131303028
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
15
NE
15
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
1.87
10:31PM
1.99
10:53AM
1.68
10:57PM
1.97
11:39AM
1.48
11:24PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.61
4:15PM
0.61
4:54AM
0.62
4:36PM
0.79
5:40AM
0.66
4:53PM
0.95
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:53-------5:54-------5:55----
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)
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Temp. °C131721211815141414192019171717171821242420202019
Feels °C (?)911151513109910161615131313121112151814141413
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