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California

Emma Wood State Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

2.2ft

6s period

Swell

W

264°

Windoffshore

6 mph

ENE

Tide

-0.2 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

51% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

W

2.3ft

6s

70%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

1.3ft

12s

25%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

0.6ft

15s

5%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrocks, reef, rips, current, cold water

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 225°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46053

Hs—

Tp—

Dir—

Water58°F

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

2.1

6s

W265°

6mphoffshore

-0.2ft↑

5am

2.0

7s

W267°

6mphcross-off

0.4ft↑

8am

2.4

13s

WSW238°

5mphcross-off

3.3ft↑

11am

2.2

8s

W268°

6mphonshore

3.4ft↓

2pm

2.2

8s

W268°

5mphcross

1.3ft↑

5pm

1.5

10s

W269°

12mphcross

2.3ft↑

8pm

2.3

8s

W265°

3mphonshore

5.7ft↓

11pm

2.5

8s

W265°

7mphcross

5.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.5

10s

W265°

5mphcross-off

0.8ft↓

5am

2.5

9s

W266°

3mphcross

-0.7ft↑

8am

2.5

9s

W267°

2mphcross

2.3ft↑

11am

2.5

9s

W267°

8mphonshore

3.8ft↓

2pm

2.5

9s

W266°

6mphonshore

1.9ft↑

5pm

2.4

10s

W266°

7mphcross-on

2.0ft↑

8pm

2.8

8s

W266°

2mphcross-on

5.5ft↑

11pm

2.9

8s

W266°

2mphcross-off

6.0ft

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