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WAVEWATCH III — spectral swell
HRRR — 3 km wind
NDBC — realtime buoys
CO-OPS — tide predictions

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California

Rat Beach

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

0.8ft

16s period

Swell

SW

218°

Windonshore

11 mph

W

Tide

↑3.1 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

66% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WSW

1.3ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

SW

0.8ft

16s

59%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.5ft

13s

26%

P3 (tertiary)

W

0.4ft

8s

15%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Break—

Tide preference—

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellWNW 296°

WindESE offshore

Tideany

Period10s+

Break—

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46256

Hs3.6 ft

Tp14s

DirSW

Water67°F

Reading7/1/2026, 10:56:00 PM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Wed, Jul 1

8pm

0.8

16s

SW218°

9mphonshore

3.7ft

8pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW243°

——mph

—

11pm

0.8

16s

SW218°

8mphcross-on

5.5ft

11pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW244°

——mph

—

Thu, Jul 2

2am

1.2

4s

W260°

5mphcross-on

4.2ft

2am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW246°

——mph

—

5am

1.1

5s

W261°

1mphcross-off

0.6ft

5am

FLAT

—

14s

WSW247°

——mph

—

8am

FLAT

—

13s

WSW246°

——mph

—

8am

1.2

5s

W261°

2mphcross-off

-0.3ft

11am

FLAT

—

14s

WSW242°

——mph

—

11am

0.9

10s

WSW240°

6mphonshore

2.1ft↑

2pm

0.9

10s

WSW240°

10mphcross-on

3.6ft

2pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW242°

——mph

—

5pm

0.7

15s

SW220°

14mphonshore

2.7ft↑

8pm

0.7

15s

SW222°

11mphonshore

3.2ft

8pm

FLAT

—

15s

WSW244°

——mph

—

11pm

FLAT

—

15s

WSW243°

——mph

—

11pm

0.7

15s

SW223°

12mphcross-on

5.1ft

Fri, Jul 3

2am

FLAT

—

14s

WSW243°

——mph

—

2am

1.5

5s

W260°

8mphonshore

4.6ft

5am

FLAT

—

11s

WSW245°

——mph

—

5am

1.4

5s

W260°

3mphcross

1.2ft↓

8am

1.2

5s

W260°

3mphcross

-0.3ft

8am

FLAT

—

11s

WSW245°

——mph

—

11am

FLAT

—

13s

WSW242°

——mph

—

11am

1.1

5s

W259°

6mphonshore

1.8ft↑

2pm

0.8

11s

SW231°

16mphonshore

3.7ft

2pm

FLAT

—

14s

WSW240°

——mph

—

5pm

0.6

15s

SW217°

16mphonshore

3.0ft

5pm

FLAT

—

15s

WSW242°

——mph

—

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