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California

Venice Beach Breakwater

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

📹 Venice Beach — via Westland.net

Face

0.9ft

13s period

Swell

SSW

196°

Windcross

2 mph

SSE

Tide

↓1.3 ft

falling

ConditionsMixed

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSW

1.0ft

13s

53%

P2 (secondary)

SSW

0.7ft

17s

27%

P3 (tertiary)

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowdmoderate

Hazardsrocks, rips, localism

Optimal conditions

SwellWNW 292°

WindNE offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 46268

Hs2.3 ft

Tp14s

7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

0.9

13s

SSW196°

6mphcross-off

0.3ft↑

5am

0.9

6s

W259°

5mphoffshore

0.5ft↑

8am

1.1

12s

W266°

6mphcross-off

3.4ft

11am

0.9

10s

W268°

9mphonshore

3.4ft↓

2pm

1.1

12s

W264°

10mphonshore

1.2ft↑

5pm

1.0

15s

SSW196°

9mphcross-on

2.4ft↑

8pm

1.0

15s

SSW195°

8mphcross-on

5.7ft↓

11pm

1.4

15s

SSW195°

2mphonshore

4.9ft

Fri, May 15

2am

1.3

15s

SSW195°

4mphcross

0.5ft↓

5am

1.4

15s

SSW194°

5mphcross-off

-0.6ft↑

8am

1.3

14s

SSW194°

5mphcross

2.5ft↑

11am

1.2

8s

WSW252°

7mphonshore

3.8ft↓

2pm

1.1

9s

WNW283°

10mphonshore

1.8ft↑

5pm

1.2

9s

WNW283°

10mphcross-on

2.1ft↑

8pm

1.0

13s

SSW195°

5mphonshore

5.6ft↑

11pm

0.9

6s

WSW248°

2mphcross-on

5.9ft

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Mixed

37% wind sea

WSW

0.6ft

5s

20%

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Dir

SSW

Water63°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:30:00 AM

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