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California

Salt Creek

pointtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.7ft

14s period

Swell

S

190°

Windcross

3 mph

NW

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

29% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

S

1.2ft

14s

66%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.7ft

17s

23%

Wind sea

W

0.6ft

2s

not surfable

not surfable

P3 (tertiary)

W

0.5ft

12s

11%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakpoint

Tide preferencemid

Crowdheavy

Hazardsrips, rocks, crowds, localism, pollution, shallow

Optimal conditions

SwellSSW 202°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakpoint

Nearest buoy

No nearby buoy.

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.7

13s

S190°

2mphcross-off

-0.1ft↑

5am

1.8

13s

S189°

3mphoffshore

0.8ft↑

8am

1.8

13s

S189°

3mphcross

3.6ft↓

11am

2.0

16s

SSW193°

7mphonshore

3.1ft↓

2pm

2.0

16s

SSW192°

9mphonshore

1.1ft↑

5pm

2.1

15s

SSW192°

7mphonshore

2.6ft↑

8pm

2.1

15s

SSW192°

5mphcross-on

5.8ft↓

11pm

2.1

15s

S190°

3mphcross-on

4.4ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.1

15s

S190°

4mphcross-on

0.2ft↓

5am

2.2

14s

S190°

4mphcross

-0.4ft↑

8am

2.1

14s

S190°

6mphcross

2.9ft↑

11am

2.2

14s

S189°

8mphcross-on

3.6ft↓

2pm

2.3

14s

S190°

8mphonshore

1.5ft↑

5pm

2.1

14s

S189°

7mphonshore

2.2ft↑

8pm

2.1

13s

S190°

5mphcross-on

5.7ft↓

11pm

2.0

13s

S190°

6mphcross

5.4ft

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