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California

Pillar Point

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

📹 Sam's Chowder House — via Sam's Chowder House

Face

2.4ft

12s period

Swell

W

274°

Windcross-off

3 mph

N

Tide

2.8 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

39% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

5.0ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

W

2.8ft

12s

76%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.4ft

14s

19%

P3 (tertiary)

SW

0.7ft

18s

5%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 214°

WindNNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46012

Hs6.6 ft

Tp8s

Dir—

Water55°F

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

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

3.1

7s

WNW291°

2mphcross

1.5ft↓

5am

3.0

7s

WNW288°

2mphcross

-0.3ft↑

8am

3.0

8s

WNW288°

3mphcross

2.3ft↑

11am

3.0

8s

WNW288°

8mphcross

4.2ft↓

2pm

2.9

8s

WNW289°

13mphcross

2.4ft↓

5pm

2.4

10s

W277°

14mphcross

1.8ft↑

8pm

3.9

9s

WNW291°

12mphcross

4.7ft↑

11pm

2.1

16s

SSW211°

6mphcross

5.9ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.0

15s

SSW211°

6mphcross

2.2ft↓

5am

4.5

9s

WNW292°

4mphcross-off

-1.0ft↑

8am

4.2

9s

WNW292°

8mphcross-off

1.0ft↑

11am

3.9

9s

WNW292°

13mphcross

4.1ft↓

2pm

2.0

15s

SSW209°

16mphcross-off

3.3ft↓

5pm

2.0

14s

SSW209°

21mphcross-off

1.9ft↑

8pm

2.0

14s

SSW209°

26mphcross

4.2ft↑

11pm

2.0

14s

SSW209°

26mphcross

6.4ft

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