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California

Salmon Creek Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

3.4ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

283°

Windcross

20 mph

NNW

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

46% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

5.3ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

3.5ft

12s

92%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.0ft

14s

7%

P3 (tertiary)

SW

0.5ft

18s

2%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrips, rocks, sharks, cold water, current

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindENE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46013

Hs—

Tp—

Dir—

Water—

Reading5/14/2026, 5:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

4.7

7s

WNW290°

18mphcross

-0.1ft

5am

4.7

7s

WNW291°

17mphcross

-0.1ft↑

8am

4.6

8s

WNW291°

15mphcross

2.0ft↑

11am

4.9

11s

WNW289°

23mphcross

4.2ft↓

2pm

1.1

17s

SW218°

28mphcross

2.9ft↓

5pm

1.1

16s

SW219°

30mphcross

1.9ft↑

8pm

1.1

16s

SW214°

26mphcross

4.4ft↑

11pm

1.2

16s

SSW214°

26mphcross

6.0ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.2

16s

SW216°

26mphcross

2.8ft↓

5am

5.5

9s

WNW296°

26mphcross

-0.7ft↑

8am

4.9

9s

WNW295°

25mphcross

0.7ft↑

11am

1.4

15s

SSW213°

29mphcross

3.9ft↓

2pm

1.1

15s

SSW213°

32mphcross

3.8ft↓

5pm

1.0

15s

SSW212°

31mphcross

2.2ft↑

8pm

1.0

14s

SSW213°

31mphcross

4.0ft↑

11pm

1.0

14s

SSW213°

31mphcross

6.3ft

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