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California

San Diego Blacks Beach

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

1.4ft

12s period

Swell

WNW

283°

Windcross-on

2 mph

NNW

Tide

↓1.1 ft

falling

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

50% 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

Crowdheavy

Hazardsrips, current, cold water, crowds, localism

Optimal conditions

SwellWNW 285°

WindE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC ljpc1

Hs2.3 ft

Tp3s

Dir—

Water—

Reading5/14/2026, 4:20:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

1.4

12s

WNW283°

2mphcross

0.2ft↑

5am

1.6

12s

W280°

2mphoffshore

0.6ft↑

8am

1.5

11s

W279°

1mphcross-on

3.4ft↓

11am

1.7

11s

W278°

6mphonshore

3.2ft↓

2pm

1.5

6s

W271°

9mphonshore

1.1ft↑

5pm

1.6

7s

W269°

7mphonshore

2.5ft↑

8pm

2.1

12s

W272°

4mphcross-on

5.7ft↓

11pm

2.1

12s

W269°

3mphcross

4.6ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.1

11s

W268°

4mphcross

0.3ft↓

5am

2.1

11s

W268°

5mphcross

-0.5ft↑

8am

2.0

11s

W270°

5mphcross

2.6ft↑

11am

2.1

10s

W269°

8mphcross-on

3.7ft↓

2pm

2.2

10s

W269°

9mphcross-on

1.6ft↑

5pm

2.3

10s

W269°

8mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

8pm

2.2

10s

W270°

4mphcross-on

5.6ft

11pm

2.1

10s

W270°

3mphcross

5.6ft

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