Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)--
Evening (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
1.5
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.6
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
WNW
1
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131366677886614131313161613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38371615141414141675441262447484481754841353535464634
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
0
NNW
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glassglassglassglassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.70
11:30AM
1.94
1:21AM
1.74
12:22PM
1.67
2:07AM
1.78
1:30PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.21
5:42AM
1.09
6:30PM
0.41
6:55AM
1.10
7:06PM
0.61
8:24AM
1.07
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset-------5:00-------5:01-------5:02
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151416161615141313121415131211111110141717
Feels °C (?)1514131414151315141210119101375667591314
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