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California

Huntington Beach Pier

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.4ft

14s period

Swell

WSW

237°

Windcross-on

2 mph

WNW

Tide

-0.0 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

42% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

S

1.1ft

13s

50%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

0.8ft

14s

28%

P3 (tertiary)

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdheavy

Hazardsrips, crowds, localism, pollution, jetty

Optimal conditions

SwellWSW 247°

WindENE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46253

Hs2.3 ft

Tp14s

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.4

14s

WSW237°

2mphcross

-0.0ft

5am

1.4

10s

SW229°

3mphcross-off

-0.0ft↑

8am

1.4

6s

W272°

2mphcross-off

1.5ft↑

11am

1.5

6s

W271°

7mphcross-on

2.0ft↓

2pm

2.3

14s

SW232°

9mphonshore

0.8ft↓

5pm

1.7

12s

W275°

8mphcross-on

0.3ft↑

8pm

1.7

12s

W275°

4mphonshore

2.7ft↑

11pm

2.3

13s

SW231°

3mphonshore

3.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.9

8s

W268°

3mphcross

1.3ft↓

5am

1.7

5s

W266°

5mphcross

-0.1ft↑

8am

2.4

10s

SW229°

5mphcross

0.8ft↑

11am

2.0

7s

W265°

9mphcross

2.1ft↓

2pm

2.4

8s

W266°

9mphcross-on

1.2ft↓

5pm

2.0

10s

W271°

8mphcross-on

0.3ft↑

8pm

1.9

10s

W272°

5mphcross-on

2.4ft↑

11pm

2.0

8s

W269°

5mphcross

3.5ft

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W

0.7ft

7s

22%

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Dir

S

Water63°F

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

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