South Beach
Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Paid parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 9 am to sunset, sunset 6:12 pm7.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.2
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.0
17 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8.0
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
8.8
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 9 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C62°F
- Water
- 22°C72°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 1610 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.0 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 37%
- Sunset
- 6:12 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.1 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation 130 m440 ft awayOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms220 m720 ft away
- Drinking water220 m730 ft away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 180 m600 ft. Listed as paid
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 36 km22 miSanta Paula Airport (SZP)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Leo Carrillo State Beach0.7 km0.4 mi west away8.4 Great tomorrow
- North Beach0.9 km0.5 mi west away8.4 Great tomorrow
- Nicholas Canyon Beach1.1 km0.7 mi east away8.4 Great tomorrow
- Staircase Beach1.8 km1.1 mi west away8.4 Great tomorrow
- Yerba Buena Beach2.6 km1.6 mi west away8.4 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri8.8 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 2%
- Sat9.7 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 0%
- Sun9.1 ExcellentBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.1 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 6 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.2 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%