Redondo Beach with kids today

Redondo Beach, California

Updated 4:03 AM PDT

79/ 100
Fine with close supervision Water temperature is 75°F — but surf calmness at 2.6 ft is what holds it back.
Partial data — Air quality unavailable, so this score is less certain.

What decides a families with kids score

Weather & UV · Open-Meteo Water & waves · Open-Meteo Marine Tides · NOAA CO-OPS ⚠ Air quality · AirNow (no monitor nearby)

Water quality

Grades along this beach run from C to A+ — a spread, but not one that changes whether the water is safe to swim in.

Graded clean today

  • Redondo Beach projection of Topaz St. north of jettyA+
  • Redondo Municipal Pier 100 yards southA
All 3 monitoring points
Monitoring pointDistanceGrade
Sapphire Street 1.7 km C
Redondo Municipal Pier 100 yards south 1.3 km A
Redondo Beach projection of Topaz St. north of jetty 1.9 km A+

Dry-weather bacterial grades from the Heal the Bay Beach Report Card, updated 2026-08-21. Grades reflect the most recent agency sampling and can change after rain.

Before you swim

Swim near a staffed lifeguard tower, and check the National Weather Service surf-zone forecast for the official rip-current outlook — we report conditions, we don't forecast rip currents.

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About Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach sits on the California coast, where the water runs from about 58°F in February to 71°F in August.

The water averages above 70°F in August and September — 2 months of the year — peaking around 71°F in August and dropping to about 58°F in February.

Today it is 75°F. That is 4° above the August average of 71°F here.

Tide predictions come from NOAA station Santa Monica, Municipal Pier about 20.5 km away on the open coast.

Frequently asked questions

Is Redondo Beach good for families today?

Fine with close supervision — we score it 79 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is surf calmness at 2.6 ft.

What makes a good families with kids day?

We weight surf calmness (35%), water temperature (25%), uv exposure (22%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.

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