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California

Crescent City Beach

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

5.2ft

11s period

Swell

W

274°

Windcross-off

6 mph

NNE

Tide

↓5.0 ft

falling

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

36% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

W

5.0ft

11s

95%

P2 (secondary)

SW

1.1ft

14s

4%

P3 (tertiary)

SW

0.5ft

18s

1%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardssharks, rocks, cold water, rips

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindENE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

No nearby buoy.

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

5.2

11s

W274°

5mphcross-off

3.4ft↓

5am

4.9

11s

W275°

7mphcross-off

-0.2ft↑

8am

4.7

10s

W277°

10mphcross

1.7ft↑

11am

3.7

11s

WSW256°

14mphcross

5.1ft↓

2pm

1.2

13s

SW220°

16mphcross

4.0ft↓

5pm

2.1

12s

WSW241°

15mphcross

1.8ft↑

8pm

2.1

12s

WSW241°

10mphcross

4.1ft↑

11pm

3.3

9s

WNW282°

7mphcross-off

7.3ft

Fri, May 15

2am

3.3

9s

WNW286°

8mphcross-off

4.6ft↓

5am

2.9

9s

W281°

8mphcross-off

-0.5ft↑

8am

2.7

8s

WNW284°

13mphcross

0.1ft↑

11am

2.6

13s

W262°

16mphcross

4.5ft↑

2pm

2.6

15s

W264°

19mphcross

5.0ft↓

5pm

3.0

15s

W265°

18mphcross

2.3ft↑

8pm

3.2

14s

WNW287°

22mphcross

3.5ft↑

11pm

3.7

11s

WNW293°

18mphcross

7.4ft

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