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California

Sand Dollar Beach

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

4.1ft

10s period

Swell

WSW

244°

Windcross

6 mph

NNW

Tide

2.3 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

48% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

7.7ft

6s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WSW

3.4ft

10s

58%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

2.3ft

15s

26%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

1.8ft

14s

16%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardsrips, rocks, sharks, cold water

Optimal conditions

SwellW 270°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46239

Hs7.2 ft

Tp13s

DirW

Water54°F

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

4.0

10s

WSW243°

6mphcross

1.1ft↓

5am

5.0

9s

WNW290°

6mphcross

-0.1ft↑

8am

5.2

12s

WNW288°

3mphcross-on

2.4ft↑

11am

5.1

11s

WNW288°

5mphcross-on

3.6ft↓

2pm

1.4

16s

SSW191°

11mphcross-on

1.8ft↓

5pm

2.7

13s

WSW238°

12mphcross

1.8ft↑

8pm

2.6

13s

WSW239°

9mphcross

4.7ft↑

11pm

2.7

13s

WSW238°

7mphcross

5.4ft

Fri, May 15

2am

5.0

12s

WSW242°

8mphcross

1.6ft↓

5am

5.0

12s

WSW241°

6mphcross

-0.9ft↑

8am

1.5

15s

S190°

5mphcross-on

1.2ft↑

11am

1.5

14s

S190°

8mphcross-on

3.6ft↓

2pm

1.5

14s

SSW191°

15mphcross

2.5ft↓

5pm

1.7

14s

S191°

12mphcross

1.8ft↑

8pm

1.8

14s

S191°

20mphcross-on

4.4ft↑

11pm

2.0

16s

WSW241°

20mphcross-on

6.0ft

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