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California

El Porto

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

0.9ft

13s period

Swell

SSW

196°

Windcross

3 mph

SSW

Tide

-0.2 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

52% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.0ft

13s

53%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.7ft

17s

27%

P3 (tertiary)

WSW

0.6ft

5s

20%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdheavy

Hazardsrips, crowds, pollution, localism

Optimal conditions

SwellWNW 293°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46268

Hs2.3 ft

Tp14s

DirSSW

Water63°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:30:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

0.9

13s

SSW196°

4mphcross-off

-0.2ft↑

5am

0.9

6s

W259°

5mphoffshore

0.4ft↑

8am

1.1

12s

W266°

5mphoffshore

3.2ft↑

11am

0.9

10s

W268°

5mphcross

3.4ft↓

2pm

1.1

12s

W264°

11mphonshore

1.3ft↑

5pm

1.0

15s

SSW196°

7mphonshore

2.3ft↑

8pm

1.0

15s

SSW195°

6mphonshore

5.5ft↓

11pm

1.4

15s

SSW195°

3mphcross-on

5.0ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.3

15s

SSW195°

2mphcross-off

0.7ft↓

5am

1.4

15s

SSW194°

4mphcross-off

-0.7ft↑

8am

1.3

14s

SSW194°

4mphoffshore

2.2ft↑

11am

1.2

8s

WSW252°

5mphcross

3.8ft↓

2pm

1.1

9s

WNW283°

10mphcross-on

1.9ft↑

5pm

1.2

9s

WNW283°

8mphonshore

2.0ft↑

8pm

1.0

13s

SSW195°

5mphonshore

5.4ft↑

11pm

0.9

6s

WSW248°

2mphcross

5.9ft

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