El Porto Surf Report & Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
3-4FT+
Waist to shoulder
Swell
Wind
1KTSNNW
1kts gusts, Cross-shore
Tide
Temperature
65°F
2mm wetsuit
South Los Angeles Forecast
Matt Kibby •Today
Smaller but still fun waves on tap today with fading swell. Light winds for the morning.
Dawn-10AM: Old SSW swell, along with a little lingering NW swell, has surf mainly running waist to shoulder high for spots from Manhattan north, as breaks further south in the bay top out under waist high. Clean start, light westerly onshore texture picks up through the morning.
Afternoon Outlook: Modest to fun size hangs on this afternoon, onshores rise to a low-end moderate sea breeze for manageably lumpy conditions.
El Porto Surf Forecast
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El Porto Surf Guide
Despite its many personalities, El Porto is not particularly known for outstanding wave quality. It is, however, a NW swell magnet and it's almost always bigger than any other spot in the South Bay during the winter months. The trick is to find the zone with the "holes," as the locals call them, referring to breaks in the relentless closeouts up and down the beach. With spring sandbars and/or a crossed-up swell, El Porto can get really good, and really crowded. In years past, the area has taken... Read more