Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 18 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (18 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.7
WNW
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)8886667785677777777714141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)667551447258219178157134811162844815574402632937043332338373635
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
35
SW
35
WNW
40
W
45
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
10
N
10
NNE
0
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
2.16
10:17PM
1.86
9:59AM
2.02
10:44PM
1.94
10:42AM
1.83
11:15PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
0.31
3:59AM
0.75
4:24PM
0.43
4:46AM
0.70
4:50PM
0.59
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---5:40-------5:42-------5:43----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------153-------------
Temp. °C111213131211101011121313101098811121211111010
Feels °C (?)345555559564024449887976
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