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California

Surf Beach Vandenberg

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

5.7ft

7s period

Swell

WNW

296°

Windcross-on

5 mph

WNW

Tide

-0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsChoppy

Choppy

45% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

WNW

5.1ft

7s

69%

P2 (secondary)

WNW

3.1ft

12s

25%

P3 (tertiary)

WSW

1.5ft

13s

6%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdlight

Hazardssharks, rips, cold water, current

Optimal conditions

SwellNW 315°

WindSE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

No nearby buoy.

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

5.7

7s

WNW296°

4mphcross-on

-0.1ft↑

5am

5.7

7s

WNW294°

3mphoffshore

0.2ft↑

8am

5.5

7s

WNW292°

1mphonshore

2.6ft↑

11am

5.2

7s

WNW291°

9mphonshore

3.5ft↓

2pm

5.0

8s

WNW291°

13mphonshore

1.7ft↑

5pm

3.8

10s

WNW290°

13mphonshore

2.1ft↑

8pm

4.1

9s

WNW291°

11mphonshore

5.0ft↑

11pm

4.1

9s

WNW290°

8mphonshore

5.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

7.2

9s

WNW292°

8mphonshore

1.3ft↓

5am

7.2

9s

WNW292°

6mphonshore

-0.7ft↑

8am

7.2

9s

WNW293°

4mphonshore

1.6ft↑

11am

2.3

12s

WSW243°

10mphonshore

3.6ft↓

2pm

1.0

14s

SSW206°

13mphonshore

2.3ft↓

5pm

1.2

17s

WNW292°

16mphonshore

2.0ft↑

8pm

2.8

12s

WSW245°

26mphonshore

4.9ft↑

11pm

3.0

12s

WSW245°

28mphonshore

5.9ft

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