Palos Verdes Estates · Los Angeles County · California
PV Cove Surf Report & Forecast, Malaga Cove, California
PV Cove, Malaga Cove, California: 3 ft, waist to chest high, at 2 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Poor to Fair. The main swell is 2.2 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with an 8 mph onshore wind from the west-southwest. Water is about 75°F, so a rashguard is enough; the next low tide is 0.0 ft at 3:30 pm.
3 ft
waist to chest high · occasional 4 ft
- Swell
- 2.2 ft · 15 s · Wplus 0.9 ft · 15 s · SW
- Wind
- 8 mph (WSW)onshore
- Tide
- 0.6 ft fallinglow 0.0 ft at 3:30 pm
- Water
- 75°Frashguard
- Air
- 77°Ffeels like 80°F
- Sun
- rise 6:20 amset 4:54 pm
PV Cove surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at PV Cove: 7 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at PV Cove: 12 pm, Good, on a falling mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 ft | Fair | 5 mph offshore (ENE) | 5.5 ft |
| 7 am | 3–4 ft | Great | 3 mph offshore (E) | 6.3 ft |
| 8 am | 3 ft | Good | calm | 6.8 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Poor | calm | 6.6 ft |
| 10 am | 2–3 ft | Fair | calm | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 4.7 ft |
| 12 pm | 3 ft | Fair | calm | 3.2 ft |
| 1 pm | 3 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (SW) | 1.7 ft |
| 2 pmnow | 3 ft | Fair | 7 mph cross-shore (SW) | 0.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 3 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (WSW) | 0.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 3 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (WSW) | 0.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 3–4 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (W) | 0.7 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 ft | Good | 5 mph offshore (E) | 5.0 ft |
| 7 am | 3 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (E) | 5.9 ft |
| 8 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (E) | 6.5 ft |
| 9 am | 3 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (E) | 6.7 ft |
| 10 am | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 6.2 ft |
| 11 am | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 5.2 ft |
| 12 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | calm | 3.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (SW) | 2.4 ft |
| 2 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (SW) | 1.1 ft |
| 3 pm | 3 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (WSW) | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 3 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (W) | -0.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 3 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (W) | 0.2 ft |
PV Cove waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 2 pm, sets at PV Cove arrive about every 3 minutes with about 3 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 3.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 3
- Sets
- every 3 minutes or so, each lasting about 27 s
- Lulls
- about 97 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 54% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.5 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
PV Cove surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at PV Cove: the biggest day is Monday, Nov 16 at 4–8 ft, and the best-rated day is Wednesday, Nov 18 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 4–6 ft and Fair; Sunday, Nov 15, 4–5 ft and Good.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for PV Cove are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 2–4 ft | Great | 1.7 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 7 mph cross-shore (SW) | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 2–4 ft | Good | 2.0 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph offshore (E) | 7 mph cross-shore (SW) | 12 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 2–3 ft | Good | 1.5 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (NE) | 7 mph onshore (WSW) | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 2–4 ft | Good | 1.5 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 5 mph cross-shore (SW) | 3 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 3–5 ft | Good | 2.1 ft · 15 s · W | 7 mph offshore (SE) | 9 mph cross-shore (SW) | 11 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 4–6 ft | Fair | 3.6 ft · 13 s · W | 8 mph onshore (WNW) | 9 mph onshore (W) | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 4–5 ft | Good | 2.5 ft · 18 s · W | calm | 6 mph cross-shore (WSW) | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 4–8 ft | Good | 3.7 ft · 7 s · WSW | 8 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 14 | 6 mph onshore (W) | 1 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 5–8 ft | Poor | — | 19 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 16 mph onshore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 4–5 ft | Great | — | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 5 mph onshore (WSW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for PV Cove are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
PV Cove tide chart and tide times
Tides at PV Cove today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.5 ft at 1:56 am, high 6.8 ft at 8:17 am, low 0.0 ft at 3:30 pm and high 4.5 ft at 9:56 pm. At 2 pm the tide is 0.6 ft and falling.
PV Cove tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.5 ft at 1:56 amHigh 6.8 ft at 8:17 amLow 0.0 ft at 3:30 pmHigh 4.5 ft at 9:56 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.8 ft at 2:28 amHigh 6.7 ft at 8:45 amLow -0.1 ft at 4:02 pmHigh 4.2 ft at 10:28 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.9 ft at 2:54 amHigh 6.3 ft at 9:10 amLow 0.2 ft at 4:42 pmHigh 3.8 ft at 11:28 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | Low 3.1 ft at 3:06 amHigh 6.1 ft at 9:44 amLow 0.6 ft at 5:25 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.8 ft at 12:34 amLow 3.5 ft at 3:29 amHigh 6.0 ft at 10:18 amLow 1.0 ft at 6:17 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.8 ft at 2:07 amLow 3.8 ft at 3:49 amHigh 5.7 ft at 10:57 amLow 1.2 ft at 7:16 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.9 ft at 4:20 amLow 3.9 ft at 4:34 amHigh 5.1 ft at 11:47 amLow 1.2 ft at 8:14 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.1 ft at 4:34 amLow 4.0 ft at 7:34 amHigh 4.7 ft at 12:59 pmLow 1.3 ft at 9:07 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.4 ft at 4:52 amLow 3.7 ft at 9:51 amHigh 4.4 ft at 2:35 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
PV Cove water temperature
The water temperature at PV Cove is about 75°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 80°F and an 8 mph wind, a rashguard is enough. Over the next week the water stays between 73 and 75°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near PV Cove
- Bluff Cove0.1 mi SW · 3–4 ft · Poor to Fair
- Haggerty's0.9 mi NNE · 3 ft · Poor
- RAT Beach1.2 mi NE · 3 ft · Fair
- Torrance Beach1.4 mi NE · 3–4 ft · Fair
- Topaz / Avenues1.9 mi NNE · 4–5 ft · Fair
- Lunada Bay1.9 mi SSW · 2–3 ft · Poor
Rated right now. The Current app animates the surf itself on a live map of the whole coast. See the app →
About PV Cove
PV Cove is a reef break in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County, California, facing west-northwest. Also called Palos Verdes Cove.
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