Ocean Beach (San Diego)

Beach break

Californie, États-Unis

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From level intermediate · Shorty 2 mmAccessible from intermediate level: shoulder-high waves (0.9–1.4 m), enough volume to catch them, a long, powerful swell (13 s) that pushes hard, an onshore wind that chops up the surface. Below that, better to aim for more modest conditions.
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Conditions
6.0/10
Fair
Size
0.9–1.4 m
shoulder-high
Wind
20 km/h
NW · Cross-onshore
Swell
1.0 m
13 s · SSW
Best window · 6h6.7/10 · 0.9–1.4 m · 6 km/h
Today's take

Well-shaped wave, nice long, clean swell from the SSW. Side-onshore wind that degrades the quality. Fair conditions, surfable but nothing special: fine for a practice session.

Today's forecast

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
RatingWaves mSwell sWind km/hWeather
15h0.8–1.31313☁️24°
18h0.8–1.31310☁️23°
21hBest0.9–1.4136🌤️22°

3-hour slots (spot local time · PDT) · ★ rating out of 5 · arrow = swell/wind direction · highlighted row = best slot

Tides

00h15 Sat06h12h18h0 mBM 04:56-0.7 mPM 11:18+0.9 mBM 17:14-0.3 mmaintenant

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Last updated: Fri, Aug 14, 22:38 PDT · Données : Open-Meteo (modèles vagues + météo) · servies depuis la base pré-calculée.