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El Porto Beach Surf Photo: 'Oops!' by Vladimir

Lat Long: 33.91° N 118.43° W

Issued: 4 am 09 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is

18.1° C

2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year

El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	WNW		S	SW
	9 s	on		9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	W		S	SSW
	9 s	on		9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	W	W	S	SSW
	9 s	on	2 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	W	W	S	SW
	9 s	on	3 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	W	W	S	SSW
	9 s	on	3 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	W	W	S	SSW
	8 s	on	3 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW	W	S	SSW
	18 s	on	3 s	8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		S	W
	18 s	glass		8 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW	WNW	S	SW
	17 s	glass	4 s	8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	S		SSW	SW
	17 s	glass		8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SW	W	SW	SSW
	17 s	cross- on	4 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW	W	SSW	SSW
	17 s	on	7 s	11 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	W	SSW	SSW
	16 s	on	7 s	11 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	W	SSW	SSW
	16 s	on	7 s	11 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SSW	SSW
	16 s	glass		11 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 August at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SW	SSW
	16 s	glass		10 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 August at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SW	SSW
	15 s	glass		10 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 August at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from El Porto Beach around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 10 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.1m (3.5 ft). Range 8.60m (28.2 ft). Toggle tide graph

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El Porto Beach Surf Photo: 'Oops!' by Vladimir

It was a nice day even though the waves were rather low.

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User: Vladimir (26 photos)

Country: United States (4069 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:12 am 12 Aug 2018