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Hermosa Beach. Photo: Laura Alier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Hermosa Beach

Windsurf spot · United States

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
21°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.3 mwaves
Air
22°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
25°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Hermosa Beach
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots6knside1.0 mwaves20°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots11knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves21°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots6knoffnot safe1.0 mwaves20°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots10knoffnot safe1.3 mwaves22°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knots9knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves25°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots9knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves28°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 4 knots11knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves26°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 5 knots10knoffnot safechop27°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east, 3 knots9knoffnot safechop26°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots6knoffnot safe0.8 mwaves25°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 03:44 +0.3 mLow 07:45 +0.1 mHigh 13:45 +0.6 mLow 21:25 −0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:36 +0.4 mLow 09:44 −0.1 mHigh 15:23 +0.6 mLow 22:26 −0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:16 +0.6 mLow 11:03 −0.3 mHigh 16:47 +0.5 mLow 23:17 −0.8 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Hermosa Beach

MindTravel Hermosa Beach Pier
Photo: Laura Alier, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Key of C, trompe l'oeil mural by John Pugh
Photo: John Pugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Hermosa Beach

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 47). The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Hermosa Beach. Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$911–US$1,690 each

about US$911–US$1,690 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to LAX, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$516
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$911–US$1,690

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Hermosa Beach

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Hermosa Beach

1 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Hermosa Beach · Booking.com

About Hermosa Beach its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 35m

About 6h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → LAX, direct, then 30 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.