BEACH CITIES / CHECKED OCT 31, 2026, 2:05 AM PT
Tides, surf and coastal flood watch
El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach share Santa Monica Bay. This page repeats two NOAA prediction stations and two National Weather Service products. It is not a lifeguard report and not a decision about swimming.
Checked Oct 31, 2026, 2:05 AM PT. Tide numbers below were retrieved then from the NOAA CO-OPS API. The surf zone forecast was issued 2:07 PM PDT Fri Oct 30, 2026. The coastal flood message was issued 2:09 PM PDT the same afternoon. A later product replaces these.
Santa Monica predictions
Station 9410840, Santa Monica. Datum MLLW. Times are local (PDT). Heights are rounded to one decimal from the API values. NOAA tide predictions. The prediction request.
| Local time | Type | Height |
|---|---|---|
| High | 3.5 ft | |
| Low | 3.2 ft | |
| High | 5.5 ft | |
| Low | -0.1 ft | |
| High | 3.8 ft | |
| Low | 3.2 ft | |
| High | 5.0 ft | |
| Low | 0.0 ft | |
| High | 4.3 ft | |
| Low | 2.8 ft | |
| High | 4.8 ft | |
| Low | 0.1 ft | |
| High | 4.7 ft | |
| Low | 2.1 ft | |
| High | 4.7 ft | |
| Low | 0.3 ft |
Water temperature at the same station: 71.6 F at 1:54 AM PT on Oct 31, 2026. That is an observation, not a forecast. NOAA water temperature request.
King Harbor predictions
Station 9410738, King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay. NOAA's datums page lists it as accepted on Jul 8, 2003, with control station 9410660, Los Angeles. These rows are prediction values from the same API, not a live harbor gauge. Datums for 9410738. The prediction request.
| Local time | Type | Height |
|---|---|---|
| High | 3.4 ft | |
| Low | 3.3 ft | |
| High | 5.3 ft | |
| Low | -0.1 ft | |
| High | 3.8 ft | |
| Low | 3.3 ft | |
| High | 4.9 ft | |
| Low | 0.0 ft | |
| High | 4.2 ft | |
| Low | 2.8 ft | |
| High | 4.7 ft | |
| Low | 0.1 ft | |
| High | 4.7 ft | |
| Low | 2.1 ft | |
| High | 4.6 ft | |
| Low | 0.3 ft |
Surf zone forecast
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard surf zone forecast, product SRFLOX, issued 2:07 PM PDT Fri Oct 30, 2026. The zone here is Malibu Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches. Read the product.
- Headline on that product: high rip current risk.
- This afternoon through Saturday: rip current risk moderate, surf height 2 to 4 feet, thunderstorms none expected, water temperature 66 to 75 degrees, remarks mixed south swell and west swell.
- Sunday: rip current risk high, surf height 3 to 5 feet, thunderstorms none expected.
The same product prints its own astronomical tide lines. Those times are not the station tables above. Use the station links when you want the Santa Monica or King Harbor prediction.
NWS defines a moderate rip current risk as life-threatening rip currents possible, and a high risk as life-threatening rip currents likely.
Coastal flood
Coastal Hazard Message, product CFWLOX, issued 2:09 PM PDT Fri Oct 30, 2026. The zones named in the expired headline include Los Angeles County Beaches. The text says: "COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Tides will continue to lower each day through early next week and the associated coastal flood risk has greatly diminished." Read the product.
A separate check of active alerts for 33.9192, -118.4165 returned no features at 2:05 AM PT on Oct 31, 2026. Active alerts for that point. An empty alert list is not an all-clear for the beach. Ask a lifeguard before you go in the water. NWS Los Angeles.