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California

Dillon Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

4.0ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

283°

Windcross-on

11 mph

NNW

Tide

-0.2 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

50% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

5.3ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

3.5ft

12s

92%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.0ft

14s

7%

P3 (tertiary)

SW

0.5ft

18s

2%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardsrips, current, cold water, sharks

Optimal conditions

SwellW 270°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46013

Hs—

Tp—

Dir—

Water—

Reading5/14/2026, 5:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

5.8

7s

WNW290°

9mphcross

-0.2ft

5am

5.9

7s

WNW291°

9mphcross-on

-0.2ft↑

8am

5.8

8s

WNW291°

8mphcross-on

1.3ft↑

11am

6.1

11s

WNW289°

16mphcross-on

3.7ft↓

2pm

0.8

17s

SW218°

22mphcross-on

2.9ft↓

5pm

0.8

16s

SW219°

25mphcross-on

1.5ft↑

8pm

0.8

16s

SW214°

21mphcross-on

3.4ft↑

11pm

0.8

16s

SSW214°

22mphcross-on

5.4ft

Fri, May 15

2am

0.9

16s

SW216°

15mphcross-on

3.1ft↓

5am

7.8

9s

WNW296°

13mphcross

-0.4ft↑

8am

7.0

9s

WNW295°

16mphcross-on

0.0ft↑

11am

1.3

17s

WNW286°

24mphcross-on

3.2ft↑

2pm

0.7

15s

SSW213°

27mphcross-on

3.7ft↓

5pm

0.7

15s

SSW212°

28mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

8pm

0.7

14s

SSW213°

32mphcross-on

3.1ft↑

11pm

0.7

14s

SSW213°

30mphcross-on

5.6ft

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