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WAVEWATCH III — spectral swell
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NDBC — realtime buoys
CO-OPS — tide predictions

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California

Avalanches

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.0ft

16s period

Swell

SSW

202°

Windcross-on

6 mph

NW

Tide

3.0 ft

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

41% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

W

1.1ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.0ft

16s

44%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.9ft

13s

31%

P3 (tertiary)

S

0.8ft

11s

24%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Break—

Tide preference—

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellW 274°

WindE offshore

Tideany

Period10s+

Break—

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC ljpc1

Hs2.0 ft

Tp10s

Dir—

Water—

Reading7/1/2026, 10:20:00 PM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Wed, Jul 1

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

WSW242°

——mph

—

8pm

1.0

16s

SSW202°

6mphcross-on

3.8ft

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

WSW241°

——mph

—

11pm

1.5

3s

W271°

6mphonshore

5.8ft

Thu, Jul 2

2am

1.3

3s

W264°

3mphonshore

4.2ft

2am

FLAT

—

17s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5am

FLAT

—

17s

SW236°

——mph

—

5am

1.2

4s

W262°

1mphoffshore

0.5ft

8am

FLAT

—

17s

SW234°

——mph

—

8am

1.3

4s

W269°

2mphcross

-0.1ft

11am

FLAT

—

17s

SW233°

——mph

—

11am

1.2

5s

W269°

6mphonshore

2.6ft

2pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW234°

——mph

—

2pm

1.2

15s

SSW213°

10mphcross-on

3.7ft↓

5pm

1.0

11s

S183°

9mphcross-on

2.6ft

5pm

FLAT

—

17s

WSW238°

——mph

—

8pm

1.3

15s

SSW211°

7mphcross-on

3.3ft

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

WSW241°

——mph

—

11pm

1.9

4s

W272°

6mphcross-on

5.5ft

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

WSW242°

——mph

—

Fri, Jul 3

2am

1.9

4s

W272°

5mphcross-on

4.6ft

2am

FLAT

—

17s

WSW238°

——mph

—

5am

1.8

5s

W273°

2mphcross

1.1ft

5am

FLAT

—

16s

SW236°

——mph

—

8am

1.7

5s

W275°

4mphcross

-0.1ft

8am

FLAT

—

16s

SW235°

——mph

—

11am

FLAT

—

16s

SW236°

——mph

—

11am

1.6

5s

W276°

8mphcross-on

2.2ft↑

2pm

1.2

16s

SSW202°

12mphonshore

3.9ft

2pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5pm

1.2

15s

SSW201°

11mphonshore

2.8ft

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Nearshore forecast from CDIP MOP — data courtesy of CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.