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California

Trinidad State Beach

beachtide: mid

1.5Updated 0 min ago

Face

5.2ft

11s period

Swell

W

279°

Windcross

7 mph

NNE

Tide

-0.3 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

37% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

W

5.3ft

11s

97%

P2 (secondary)

SW

0.9ft

14s

3%

P3 (tertiary)

SW

0.4ft

18s

1%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardsrocks, cold water, rips

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46244

Hs6.2 ft

Tp12s

DirW

Water56°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

5.0

11s

W279°

8mphcross

-0.3ft

5am

4.9

11s

W280°

9mphcross

-0.3ft↑

8am

4.6

10s

WNW282°

11mphcross

1.7ft↑

11am

4.4

10s

WNW287°

13mphcross

5.0ft↓

2pm

1.1

15s

SW218°

14mphcross

3.8ft↓

5pm

2.6

12s

WSW245°

14mphcross

1.7ft↑

8pm

1.1

15s

SW219°

12mphcross

4.2ft↑

11pm

3.6

13s

WSW254°

12mphcross

7.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

3.3

13s

WSW253°

10mphcross

4.4ft↓

5am

3.1

9s

WNW288°

11mphcross

-0.5ft↑

8am

2.8

8s

WNW294°

13mphcross

0.0ft↑

11am

2.5

12s

WNW288°

15mphcross

4.4ft↑

2pm

2.6

15s

WNW293°

16mphcross

4.9ft↓

5pm

2.5

15s

WNW293°

16mphcross

2.3ft↑

8pm

2.7

14s

WNW293°

23mphcross

3.6ft↑

11pm

3.1

14s

WNW293°

24mphcross

7.2ft

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