Redondo Breakwater Surf Report & Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
1-2FT
Knee to thigh
Swell
Wind
9KTSWNW
9kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
66°F
2mm wetsuit
South Los Angeles Forecast
Matt Kibby •Today
Fun waves off new round of S swell. Early window before tide goes negative looks best.
Dawn-10am: More knee-waist high waves on tap, pushing chest-shoulder for better spots from Manhattan northward. Enough tide first thing for some decent corners, draining quickly for dumpier/clampy surf before recovering late AM into midday.
PM Outlook: You'll have more crumble to deal with if you wait for the midday rebound, but it should still be manageable if you can't hit the early window. Breezier afternoon onshores make for a lumpy back half of the day.
Redondo Breakwater Surf Forecast
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Redondo Breakwater Surf Guide
One of L.A.'s few big-wave spots, Redondo Breakwater is a fast, walled left that breaks across the front of the King Harbor breakwall. On N and W swells bigger than six feet, this spot can hold up to 20 feet. The wave refracts and is amplified off of the jetty, spinning out long, fast lefts that end in a sucker-punch shorebreak. An Army Corps of Engineers project in 1997 moved some new rocks out onto the bend in the wall, and that, combined with the ongoing loss of sand, is costing the spot some... Read more