California

South Ocean Beach

beach

2.5Updated 33 min ago

South Ocean Beach is a beach break in California. It faces west, and its optimal swell direction is southwest. Offshore winds blow from the east.

Swell height

2.9ft

Model estimate

14s period

Swell

SSW

211°

Windcross

5 mph

SSE

Tide

—

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 31% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.8ft

14s

48%

P2 (secondary)

WNW

1.5ft

10s

34%

Wind sea

WNW

1.4ft

not surfable

P3 (tertiary)

1.1ft

15s

18%

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 240°

WindE offshore

Tide—

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46237

Hs3.0 ft

Tp14s

DirWSW

Water60°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

3.1

14s

SW230°

1mphcross

—

Sat, Oct 17

2am

3.2

11s

WSW255°

2mphonshore

4.3ft

5am

3.3

13s

SW224°

3mphcross

4.3ft↓

8am

3.6

15s

SW230°

3mphoffshore

4.3ft↓

11am

3.7

14s

W269°

6mphcross-off

3.7ft↑

2pm

3.3

12s

W269°

3mphcross-on

4.4ft↑

5pm

3.5

13s

W271°

4mphcross-on

5.0ft↓

8pm

3.5

12s

W279°

7mphcross

3.0ft↓

11pm

3.8

12s

W277°

7mphcross

0.8ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

3.8

12s

W280°

7mphcross-on

1.2ft↑

5am

4.1

11s

W280°

6mphonshore

3.3ft↑

8am

3.6

16s

SW234°

14mphcross-on

4.5ft↓

11am

2.6

17s

SW216°

15mphcross-on

3.8ft↓

2pm

3.3

15s

SW231°

17mphcross-on

3.7ft↑

5pm

2.7

16s

SW216°

19mphcross-on

4.8ft↓

8pm

2.7

16s

SW215°

15mphonshore

3.8ft

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CDIP MOP data for this spot courtesy of CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.