Lower Jetties Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Lower Jetties is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the S, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the S |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-06-07 00:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.
| Wave height | 3.9 ft |
| Dominant period | 11s |
| Swell direction | W (275°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46253 (14 mi away) |
| Wind | 8 kt from the SSW — NDBC PRJC1 (17 mi away) |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9410660 (LOS ANGELES (Outer Harbor)), the nearest tide station (21 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:39 — High 4.63 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:28 — Low 0.258 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:51 — High 3.698 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:16 — Low 3.001 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:40 — High 4.161 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:12 — Low 0.525 ft
Frequently asked
Is Lower Jetties good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-07 00:56 UTC), Lower Jetties is looking good: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the W matches its ideal W direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is moderate from the S.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Lower Jetties come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46253) and the nearest NOAA tide station (LOS ANGELES (Outer Harbor)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Lower Jetties?
Lower Jetties is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the S, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Lower Jetties is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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