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WAVEWATCH III — spectral swell
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NDBC — realtime buoys
CO-OPS — tide predictions

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California

Seaside Reef

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.2ft

16s period

Swell

SSW

201°

Windcross-on

6 mph

WNW

Tide

3.1 ft

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

47% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

W

1.2ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.0ft

16s

45%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.8ft

13s

30%

P3 (tertiary)

S

0.8ft

11s

25%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Break—

Tide preference—

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 250°

WindENE offshore

Tideany

Period10s+

Break—

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46266

Hs2.6 ft

Tp17s

DirWSW

Water69°F

Reading7/1/2026, 10:56:00 PM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Wed, Jul 1

8pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW246°

——mph

—

8pm

1.2

16s

SSW201°

6mphcross-on

3.8ft

11pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW245°

——mph

—

11pm

1.4

3s

W264°

5mphonshore

5.8ft

Thu, Jul 2

2am

1.6

16s

SSW209°

3mphonshore

4.1ft

2am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW242°

——mph

—

5am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5am

1.7

16s

SSW210°

3mphcross-off

0.4ft

8am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW237°

——mph

—

8am

1.7

16s

SSW210°

2mphcross

-0.0ft

11am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW237°

——mph

—

11am

1.7

16s

SSW208°

7mphonshore

2.6ft

2pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

2pm

1.5

15s

SSW211°

10mphcross-on

3.6ft

5pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW242°

——mph

—

5pm

1.5

15s

SSW209°

9mphcross-on

2.6ft

8pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW244°

——mph

—

8pm

1.4

15s

SSW209°

6mphcross-on

3.3ft

11pm

FLAT

—

16s

WSW244°

——mph

—

11pm

1.7

4s

W266°

6mphcross

5.4ft

Fri, Jul 3

2am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW241°

——mph

—

2am

1.8

4s

W266°

1mphcross-on

4.5ft

5am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW239°

——mph

—

5am

1.7

5s

W268°

0mphcross

1.0ft↓

8am

1.6

5s

W270°

3mphcross

-0.1ft

8am

FLAT

—

16s

WSW238°

——mph

—

11am

FLAT

—

15s

WSW238°

——mph

—

11am

1.5

5s

W272°

8mphcross-on

2.3ft

2pm

FLAT

—

15s

WSW240°

——mph

—

2pm

1.4

16s

SSW201°

11mphonshore

3.8ft

5pm

FLAT

—

15s

WSW244°

——mph

—

5pm

1.4

15s

SSW200°

10mphcross-on

2.8ft

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