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California

Ocean Beach SF

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

5.1ft

8s period

Swell

WNW

284°

Windcross-on

9 mph

NW

Tide

-0.2 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

42% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

WNW

6.5ft

7s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

WNW

4.3ft

8s

70%

P2 (secondary)

WSW

2.5ft

12s

25%

P3 (tertiary)

SSW

1.1ft

15s

5%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdheavy

Hazardsrips, rocks, sharks, cold water, current

Optimal conditions

SwellW 270°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46237

Hs6.9 ft

Tp13s

DirW

Water53°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

5.1

8s

WNW284°

8mphcross-on

-0.2ft

5am

5.0

8s

WNW283°

7mphcross-on

-0.1ft↑

8am

4.9

9s

WNW283°

5mphcross-on

2.4ft↑

11am

5.5

10s

WNW284°

11mphcross-on

4.5ft↓

2pm

1.6

13s

SW225°

20mphcross-on

2.8ft↓

5pm

1.7

15s

SW230°

24mphcross-on

1.9ft↑

8pm

1.1

16s

SSW212°

23mphcross-on

4.8ft↑

11pm

1.0

16s

SSW213°

19mphcross-on

6.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.2

14s

SW226°

14mphcross-on

2.5ft↓

5am

2.1

14s

SW225°

10mphcross

-0.9ft↑

8am

4.2

12s

WSW245°

9mphcross-on

1.0ft↑

11am

1.3

15s

SSW209°

19mphcross-on

4.3ft↓

2pm

1.6

16s

W276°

24mphcross-on

3.8ft↓

5pm

0.9

14s

SSW209°

27mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

8pm

0.9

14s

SSW209°

26mphcross-on

4.4ft↑

11pm

0.9

14s

SSW210°

25mphcross-on

6.7ft

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