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California

Surfside, California

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.2ft

14s period

Swell

WSW

238°

Windcross

2 mph

NW

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

40% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

S

1.1ft

14s

57%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

0.8ft

14s

26%

Wind sea

WNW

0.8ft

3s

not surfable

not surfable

P3 (tertiary)

WSW

0.6ft

14s

18%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrips, localism, pollution, cold water

Optimal conditions

SwellW 270°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46256

Hs2.3 ft

Tp14s

DirSSW

Water61°F

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

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.2

7s

W279°

2mphcross

-0.1ft↑

5am

1.3

10s

SW229°

4mphcross-off

-0.0ft↑

8am

1.5

6s

W272°

3mphcross-off

2.1ft↑

11am

1.6

6s

W271°

7mphonshore

3.2ft↓

2pm

1.9

14s

SW232°

9mphonshore

1.4ft↓

5pm

1.9

12s

W275°

8mphonshore

1.0ft↑

8pm

1.8

12s

W275°

6mphonshore

4.0ft↑

11pm

1.9

13s

SW231°

4mphonshore

4.9ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.0

8s

W268°

3mphcross-on

1.9ft↓

5am

1.8

5s

W266°

4mphcross

-0.5ft↑

8am

2.1

10s

SW229°

5mphcross

1.1ft↑

11am

2.1

7s

W265°

10mphcross-on

3.3ft↓

2pm

2.3

8s

W266°

9mphonshore

2.0ft↓

5pm

2.1

10s

W271°

8mphonshore

0.9ft↑

8pm

2.0

10s

W272°

6mphonshore

3.7ft↑

11pm

1.9

8s

W269°

4mphcross

5.5ft

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