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California

San Clemente Beach

1.5Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.7ft

17s period

Swell

SSW

207°

Windcross-on

8 mph

W

Tide

↑2.5 ft

rising

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

27% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

W

1.3ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

S

1.2ft

13s

49%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.1ft

17s

44%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

0.5ft

20s

7%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Break—

Tide preference—

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 231°

WindNE offshore

Tideany

Period10s+

Break—

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46277

Hs2.6 ft

Tp17s

DirSSW

Water69°F

Reading7/1/2026, 10:30:00 PM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Wed, Jul 1

8pm

1.7

15s

SSW198°

5mphcross-on

3.9ft

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW227°

——mph

—

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW222°

——mph

—

11pm

2.0

16s

SSW207°

4mphcross

5.6ft

Thu, Jul 2

2am

1.8

15s

SSW203°

2mphcross

3.8ft

2am

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

5am

FLAT

—

17s

SW216°

——mph

—

5am

1.9

16s

SSW208°

2mphcross-on

0.3ft↓

8am

1.8

16s

SSW208°

1mphcross

0.0ft

8am

FLAT

—

17s

SW217°

——mph

—

11am

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

11am

1.8

15s

SSW207°

6mphonshore

2.7ft↑

2pm

1.9

14s

SSW202°

10mphcross-on

3.5ft

2pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW218°

——mph

—

5pm

1.9

15s

SSW206°

11mphcross-on

2.4ft

5pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW222°

——mph

—

8pm

1.8

15s

SSW207°

8mphcross

3.3ft

8pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW225°

——mph

—

11pm

FLAT

—

17s

SW223°

——mph

—

11pm

1.8

4s

W269°

5mphcross

5.3ft

Fri, Jul 3

2am

FLAT

—

17s

SW219°

——mph

—

2am

2.3

16s

SSW199°

3mphcross

4.2ft

5am

FLAT

—

16s

SW217°

——mph

—

5am

2.1

17s

SSW197°

2mphcross-off

0.9ft

8am

FLAT

—

16s

SW218°

——mph

—

8am

2.1

17s

SSW192°

3mphcross

-0.1ft

11am

FLAT

—

16s

SW219°

——mph

—

11am

2.0

16s

SSW194°

9mphcross-on

2.3ft

2pm

FLAT

—

16s

SW220°

——mph

—

2pm

2.2

16s

SSW199°

10mphonshore

3.7ft↓

5pm

2.0

16s

SSW198°

11mphcross-on

2.6ft

5pm

FLAT

—

16s

SW225°

——mph

—

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Nearshore forecast from CDIP MOP — data courtesy of CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.