Surf forecast · United States · Southern California
Surf forecast Venice Beach today
Waves, swell and wind at Venice Beach (Southern California, United States) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.
These numbers are more than 7 hours old, so they are hidden. Open the live waves map for the current sea. Open the waves map centred on Venice Beach
Right now
Small cross-shore.
Venice Beach surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Saturday 24 October
Small Best window 12:00–15:00: small, onshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | 0.8 m · 10 s ↑WSW | 0.5 m · 10 s ↑SW | 15–16 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 0.8 m · 10 s ↑WSW | 0.5 m · 9 s ↑WSW | 12–14 km/h ↑WSW onshore |
Sunday 25 October
Small Best window 09:00–12:00: small, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.6 m · 11 s ↑SW | 0.5 m · 10 s ↑SW | 10–15 km/h ↑ENE offshore |
| 12:00 | 0.6 m · 11 s ↑SW | 0.4 m · 12 s ↑SSW | 9–9 km/h ↑SSW onshore |
| 15:00 | 0.6 m · 11 s ↑SW | 0.4 m · 12 s ↑SSW | 14–17 km/h ↑WSW onshore |
Monday 26 October
Small Best window 07:00–10:00: small, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.6 m · 11 s ↑SW | 0.4 m · 12 s ↑SSW | 1–2 km/h ↑WSW light wind |
| 12:00 | 0.6 m · 11 s ↑SW | 0.4 m · 12 s ↑SSW | 10–7 km/h ↑SSW onshore |
| 15:00 | 0.6 m · 10 s ↑SW | 0.4 m · 12 s ↑SSW | 17–15 km/h ↑SSW onshore |
Tuesday 27 October
Small Best window 09:00–12:00: small, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.8 m · 9 s ↑WSW | 0.6 m · 5 s ↑W | 6–9 km/h ↑ESE light wind |
| 12:00 | 0.7 m · 10 s ↑WSW | 0.6 m · 7 s ↑W | 10–10 km/h ↑S cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 0.7 m · 10 s ↑WSW | 0.5 m · 6 s ↑W | 14–9 km/h ↑SSW onshore |
Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.
Forecast for Sat 12:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC
Waves map around Venice Beach
Open the waves map centred on Venice Beach
Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.
More about Venice Beach
Water temperature in Santa Monica · Tides in Santa Monica · Swell map · Wind map
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Questions
- Is there surf at Venice Beach today?
- Small: waves 0.8 m at 10 s from WSW, swell 0.5 m · 10 s SW (Sat 12:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Venice Beach?
- Wind 15 km/h from S: cross-shore for a beach facing WSW.
- When is the best time to surf Venice Beach today?
- 12:00–15:00 (small, onshore)
- How warm is the water at Venice Beach?
- 22.5 °C
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.
Nearby surf spots
Manhattan Beach 12 km · Hermosa Beach 15 km · Malibu Surfrider 17 km · Zuma Beach 31 km · Huntington Beach 58 km · The Wedge (Newport Beach) 71 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Venice Beach, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.