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California

Crystal Cove

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.2ft

16s period

Swell

SSW

203°

Windcross

7 mph

WNW

Tide

3.7 ft

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

49% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

W

1.0ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

S

0.8ft

12s

44%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.8ft

16s

40%

P3 (tertiary)

W

0.5ft

5s

16%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Break—

Tide preference—

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 225°

WindNE offshore

Tideany

Period10s+

Break—

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46285

Hs3.0 ft

Tp—

DirSSW

Water—

Reading7/1/2026, 10:56:00 PM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Wed, Jul 1

8pm

1.2

16s

SSW203°

7mphcross

3.7ft

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW227°

——mph

—

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW222°

——mph

—

11pm

1.2

16s

SSW205°

6mphcross

5.8ft

Thu, Jul 2

2am

1.4

16s

SSW205°

5mphcross

4.2ft

2am

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

5am

1.4

16s

SSW205°

3mphcross

0.4ft

5am

FLAT

—

17s

SW216°

——mph

—

8am

1.4

16s

SSW205°

3mphcross

-0.2ft

8am

FLAT

—

17s

SW217°

——mph

—

11am

1.4

16s

SSW203°

4mphonshore

2.5ft

11am

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

2pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

2pm

1.4

15s

SSW204°

9mphcross-on

3.6ft↓

5pm

1.4

15s

SSW204°

12mphcross

2.6ft

5pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW222°

——mph

—

8pm

1.4

15s

SSW205°

11mphcross

3.2ft

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW225°

——mph

—

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW223°

——mph

—

11pm

1.4

4s

W267°

7mphcross

5.4ft

Fri, Jul 3

2am

FLAT

—

17s

SW219°

——mph

—

2am

1.9

17s

SSW197°

5mphcross

4.7ft

5am

FLAT

—

16s

SW217°

——mph

—

5am

1.8

17s

SSW196°

2mphcross-on

1.1ft↓

8am

1.6

17s

SSW193°

4mphcross

-0.2ft

8am

FLAT

—

16s

SW218°

——mph

—

11am

FLAT

—

16s

SW219°

——mph

—

11am

1.5

17s

S190°

8mphcross-on

2.1ft

2pm

FLAT

—

16s

SW220°

——mph

—

2pm

1.6

16s

SSW195°

10mphcross-on

3.8ft

5pm

FLAT

—

16s

SW225°

——mph

—

5pm

1.5

16s

SSW195°

16mphcross-on

2.8ft

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