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California

Moss Landing

beachtide: mid

1.5Updated 0 min ago

Face

3.8ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

286°

Windcross-off

7 mph

SSE

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

47% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

NW

4.5ft

6s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

3.4ft

12s

67%

P2 (secondary)

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrips, sharks, cold water, current, localism

Optimal conditions

SwellNW 315°

WindESE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46236

Hs5.6 ft

Tp13s

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

4.6

12s

WNW287°

5mphoffshore

-0.1ft↑

5am

4.7

9s

WNW292°

4mphoffshore

-0.0ft↑

8am

5.0

8s

WNW291°

3mphcross-off

2.1ft↑

11am

4.8

9s

WNW290°

6mphonshore

3.5ft↓

2pm

1.7

12s

WSW243°

11mphonshore

1.9ft↓

5pm

1.7

13s

WSW240°

11mphcross

1.7ft↑

8pm

2.4

12s

WSW241°

4mphcross

4.5ft↑

11pm

4.8

10s

WNW288°

4mphcross

5.3ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.3

12s

WSW240°

5mphcross-off

2.0ft↓

5am

7.3

9s

WNW293°

5mphcross-off

-0.7ft↑

8am

7.4

9s

WNW295°

1mphcross-off

0.9ft↑

11am

7.3

9s

WNW295°

6mphcross-on

3.4ft↓

2pm

1.5

14s

SSW192°

14mphonshore

2.6ft↓

5pm

1.2

14s

SSW193°

18mphonshore

1.8ft↑

8pm

1.6

14s

SSW193°

17mphonshore

4.2ft↑

11pm

3.0

12s

WSW243°

12mphonshore

5.9ft

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WSW

2.2ft

10s

28%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

1.0ft

16s

5%

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Dir

W

Water53°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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