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California

Seal Beach Pier

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.6ft

14s period

Swell

S

189°

Windcross

3 mph

WNW

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

32% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

S

1.1ft

14s

57%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

0.8ft

14s

26%

Wind sea

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrips, pollution, localism

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 225°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46256

Hs2.3 ft

Tp14s

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.5

13s

S188°

3mphonshore

-0.1ft↑

5am

1.5

10s

SW229°

5mphcross-off

-0.0ft↑

8am

1.4

6s

W272°

4mphcross

2.1ft↑

11am

1.5

6s

W271°

6mphonshore

3.2ft↓

2pm

2.4

14s

SW232°

9mphonshore

1.4ft↓

5pm

1.9

15s

SSW191°

8mphonshore

1.0ft↑

8pm

1.8

15s

S191°

8mphonshore

4.0ft↑

11pm

2.4

13s

SW231°

5mphonshore

4.9ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.1

15s

S188°

4mphcross-on

1.9ft↓

5am

2.0

14s

S188°

4mphcross

-0.5ft↑

8am

2.5

10s

SW229°

6mphcross

1.1ft↑

11am

1.9

7s

W265°

10mphcross-on

3.3ft↓

2pm

2.5

12s

SW233°

8mphonshore

2.0ft↓

5pm

1.9

10s

W271°

8mphonshore

0.9ft↑

8pm

1.8

10s

W272°

6mphonshore

3.7ft↑

11pm

2.1

11s

SW234°

4mphcross-on

5.5ft

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WNW

0.8ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P3 (tertiary)

WSW

0.6ft

14s

18%

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Dir

SSW

Water61°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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