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California

Pacific Beach

beachtide: mid

2.0Updated 0 min ago

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Face

2.0ft

13s period

Swell

SSW

197°

Windoffshore

1 mph

NE

Tide

↓1.2 ft

falling

ConditionsMixed

Mixed

32% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.5ft

13s

55%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

1.1ft

17s

30%

P3 (tertiary)

WNW

0.8ft

12s

16%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrocks, crowds, rips

Optimal conditions

SwellSW 225°

WindENE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46258

Hs3.3 ft

Tp14s

DirSSW

Water66°F

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

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.0

13s

SSW197°

1mphonshore

0.2ft↑

5am

2.1

13s

SSW197°

2mphcross-off

0.5ft↑

8am

2.1

13s

SSW196°

2mphcross-on

3.5ft↓

11am

2.3

16s

SSW197°

8mphonshore

3.4ft↓

2pm

2.4

16s

SSW195°

10mphonshore

1.1ft↑

5pm

2.4

15s

SSW196°

7mphonshore

2.4ft↑

8pm

2.5

15s

SSW196°

3mphonshore

5.8ft↓

11pm

2.6

15s

SSW196°

3mphcross-on

4.9ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.6

15s

SSW195°

4mphcross

0.3ft↓

5am

2.6

14s

SSW195°

4mphcross

-0.7ft↑

8am

2.5

14s

SSW195°

5mphcross

2.7ft↑

11am

2.5

14s

SSW195°

7mphonshore

3.8ft↓

2pm

2.6

14s

SSW194°

8mphonshore

1.7ft↑

5pm

2.7

14s

SSW194°

8mphonshore

2.1ft↑

8pm

2.5

13s

SSW195°

4mphonshore

5.7ft↑

11pm

2.5

13s

SSW196°

2mphcross-on

5.9ft

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