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California

Asilomar State Beach

reeftide: mid

1.5Updated 0 min ago

Face

4.1ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

290°

Windonshore

7 mph

NW

Tide

2.6 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

49% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

NW

4.4ft

6s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

3.6ft

12s

81%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.6ft

14s

15%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

0.9ft

17s

4%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakreef

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrocks, reef, sharks, cold water, current

Optimal conditions

SwellW 270°

WindSE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakreef

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46012

Hs6.6 ft

Tp8s

Dir—

Water55°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

5.7

12s

WNW290°

9mphonshore

1.4ft↓

5am

5.2

7s

WNW302°

5mphonshore

-0.0ft↑

8am

5.4

8s

WNW299°

4mphonshore

2.3ft↑

11am

5.5

8s

WNW298°

10mphonshore

3.7ft↓

2pm

5.6

8s

WNW298°

12mphonshore

2.1ft↓

5pm

5.9

8s

WNW299°

6mphcross-on

1.8ft↑

8pm

6.7

8s

WNW301°

24mphonshore

4.7ft↑

11pm

6.8

9s

WNW301°

19mphonshore

5.6ft

Fri, May 15

2am

7.0

9s

WNW299°

14mphonshore

2.0ft↓

5am

7.3

9s

WNW300°

8mphonshore

-0.8ft↑

8am

7.4

9s

WNW302°

4mphonshore

1.1ft↑

11am

7.4

9s

WNW303°

10mphonshore

3.6ft↓

2pm

7.4

9s

WNW303°

25mphonshore

2.8ft↓

5pm

8.1

9s

NW304°

31mphonshore

1.9ft↑

8pm

1.9

16s

WNW300°

21mphonshore

4.4ft↑

11pm

2.1

16s

WNW301°

20mphonshore

6.2ft

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