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California

Waddell Creek

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

3.2ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

282°

Windoffshore

3 mph

NE

Tide

-0.3 ft

slack

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

24% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

NW

5.5ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

3.6ft

12s

81%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.6ft

14s

15%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

0.8ft

18s

4%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrips, rocks, sharks, current, cold water, boat traffic

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 225°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46239

Hs7.2 ft

Tp13s

DirW

Water54°F

Reading5/14/2026, 5:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

4.2

9s

WNW292°

3mphcross-off

-0.3ft↑

5am

4.5

7s

WNW299°

3mphoffshore

-0.1ft↑

8am

4.5

8s

WNW298°

2mphcross

2.4ft↑

11am

4.1

9s

WNW290°

5mphcross

3.6ft↓

2pm

3.6

9s

WNW288°

10mphcross-off

2.1ft↓

5pm

2.7

10s

WNW282°

12mphcross-off

2.0ft↑

8pm

3.9

9s

WNW287°

9mphoffshore

4.7ft↑

11pm

5.8

12s

WSW247°

7mphoffshore

5.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.1

15s

SSW199°

5mphoffshore

1.3ft↓

5am

2.1

15s

SSW199°

4mphcross-off

-1.0ft↑

8am

5.9

12s

WSW248°

7mphcross-off

1.3ft↑

11am

2.1

15s

SSW198°

11mphcross-off

3.8ft↓

2pm

2.1

14s

SSW197°

12mphcross-off

2.9ft↓

5pm

2.1

14s

SSW198°

13mphcross-off

2.1ft↑

8pm

2.2

14s

SSW198°

23mphcross

4.5ft↑

11pm

2.2

14s

SSW198°

25mphcross

5.8ft

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