Zuma Beach surf break

Zuma Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 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 7AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
1.8
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.7
W
1.9
WNW
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313666778866141313131316131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16151414141425189603204054844169463413535353546343330
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
20
NE
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
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)
5:42AM
1.09
6:30PM
0.41
6:55AM
1.10
7:06PM
0.61
8:24AM
1.07
7:42PM
0.81
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset-----5:00-------5:01-------5:02--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514161716151414131214161312101111101317161313
Feels °C (?)13131215141514111210910137656759131388
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