Venice Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Venice Beach is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | light wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-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 2026-06-26 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 14s |
| Swell direction | SSW (205°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46268 (7 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the W — NDBC ICAC1 (2 mi away) |
Venice Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Venice Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 3 ft | 16s SSW | 9 kt S |
| Sat Jun 27 | 3–5 ft | 17s SSW | 10 kt SSW |
| Sun Jun 28 | 3–5 ft | 14s SW | 10 kt SSE |
| Mon Jun 29 | 3–4 ft | 16s SSW | 10 kt S |
| Tue Jun 30 | 2–3 ft | 18s SSW | 8 kt SSW |
| Wed Jul 1 | 2–3 ft | 17s SSW | 9 kt SSW |
| Thu Jul 2 | 2–3 ft | 16s SSW | 9 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9410840 (Santa Monica, Municipal Pier), the nearest tide station (2 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:42 — High 4.601 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:28 — Low 0.236 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:51 — High 3.639 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:09 — Low 2.955 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:41 — High 4.129 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:13 — Low 0.518 ft
Frequently asked
Is Venice Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:00 UTC), Venice Beach is off: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the SW is off its ideal W direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is light from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Venice Beach 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 46268) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Santa Monica, Municipal Pier). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Venice Beach?
Venice Beach is most often good on a 0–2 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Venice Beach 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.
Nearby spots
- Venice Breakwater — 0 mi
- Venice Pier Northside — 0 mi
- Venice Pier Southside — 1 mi
- Santa Monica Beach South — 2 mi
- Sunset Point — 6 mi
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