California

New Brighton Reef

reef (unverified)

2.0Updated 33 min ago

New Brighton Reef is a surf spot in California. It faces south, and its optimal swell direction is southwest. Offshore winds blow from the north.

Swell height

2.6ft

Model estimate

14s period

Swell

215°

Windcross-on

2 mph

Tide

—

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 6% wind sea

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

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

P1 (primary)

2.1ft

14s

40%

P2 (secondary)

1.9ft

12s

33%

P3 (tertiary)

1.7ft

27%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakreef (unverified)

Tide preference—

Crowdlight

Optimal conditions

SwellSSW 208°

WindN offshore

Tide—

Breakreef (unverified)

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46236

Hs3.3 ft

Tp13s

DirWSW

Water64°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.6

13s

SW215°

3mphoffshore

—

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.5

12s

SW216°

2mphcross-off

3.6ft

5am

2.6

13s

WSW246°

5mphcross-off

3.6ft

8am

2.7

12s

WSW247°

4mphcross

3.6ft↑

11am

2.7

12s

SSW213°

3mphcross-on

3.6ft↑

2pm

3.1

16s

SSW195°

5mphcross

4.2ft

5pm

3.3

18s

SSW198°

9mphcross

4.3ft↓

8pm

3.4

17s

SW215°

6mphcross-on

2.5ft↓

11pm

3.4

17s

SW215°

3mphcross

0.8ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

3.5

16s

SW216°

2mphcross

1.0ft↑

5am

3.6

17s

SSW197°

4mphcross

2.7ft↑

8am

3.6

17s

SSW197°

4mphcross

3.7ft↓

11am

3.6

16s

SSW195°

5mphcross-on

3.5ft↑

2pm

3.5

14s

WSW245°

4mphonshore

3.7ft↑

5pm

3.9

16s

SSW196°

3mphonshore

4.2ft↓

8pm

4.0

16s

SSW197°

10mphcross-off

3.3ft

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