Venice Beach Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
Nearby Spots
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT
Thigh to waist
Swell
Wind
4KTSSSW
4kts 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.
Venice Beach Surf Forecast
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Venice Beach Surf Guide
There are a couple of jetties around Venice Beach, but closeouts are still the rule. Venice works best when there are holes in the sandbars or during a crossed-up swell. On a long-period SSW swell, the offshore Santa Monica Canyon refracts a lot of extra swell toward Venice. Read more