California

Lunada Bay

reef

1.5Updated 32 min ago

Lunada Bay is a reef break in California over a rock bottom. It faces west, and its optimal swell direction is southwest. Offshore winds blow from the east.

Swell height

1.3ft

Model estimate

14s period

Swell

SSW

206°

Windoffshore

12 mph

Tide

—

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 39% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.0ft

14s

61%

P2 (secondary)

SSE

0.6ft

11s

23%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

0.5ft

19s

16%

Wind sea

0.4ft

not surfable

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakreef

Tide preference—

Crowdlight

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 232°

WindE offshore

Tide—

Breakreef

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46221

Hs2.3 ft

Tp13s

DirSSW

Water74°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:26:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

1.4

14s

SSW210°

14mphoffshore

—

Sat, Oct 17

2am

1.4

14s

SSW211°

10mphoffshore

—

5am

1.4

16s

SSW208°

10mphoffshore

—

8am

1.4

16s

SSW206°

11mphoffshore

—

11am

1.6

16s

SSW209°

6mphcross

4.3ft

2pm

1.6

18s

SSW208°

8mphcross-on

4.3ft↓

5pm

1.6

18s

SSW208°

8mphonshore

3.7ft↓

8pm

1.6

17s

SSW207°

3mphcross-off

2.1ft↓

11pm

1.6

17s

SSW208°

6mphcross

1.0ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

1.8

17s

SSW208°

2mphonshore

1.4ft↑

5am

1.8

17s

SSW207°

2mphcross-off

2.8ft↑

8am

1.7

16s

SSW206°

4mphoffshore

3.6ft↑

11am

1.7

16s

SSW206°

5mphcross-on

3.7ft↑

2pm

1.6

16s

SSW205°

9mphcross-on

3.9ft↑

5pm

1.7

16s

SSW205°

7mphonshore

4.1ft↓

8pm

1.8

16s

SSW205°

9mphonshore

2.8ft

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CDIP MOP data for this spot courtesy of CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.