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Santa Monica Pier is seeing light southwest swell and solid long-period energy, but the wave size is pretty weak right now, so it won’t offer many punchy rides. Winds from the southwest are steady and holding the surf totally blown out, making conditions rough and uninviting. The tide is dropping around 4 feet, which isn’t helping the shape or power out front. It’s a wait-and-see session today unless a bigger swell shows up soon.
Quick Conditions Snapshot
Weak 2 ft SW swell with long energy, southwest wind 10 mph, dropping tide near 4 ft, water temperature 74 °F, air temperature 72 °F.
Partly Sunny, 72°F • Wind SW 10 mph
Swell Score: A swell score of 6.2/10 reflects very small size.
Swell Detail: Roughly 2 ft with an interval of 18 seconds with Light energy (~208 kJ).
Swell Direction: The primary swell is coming from the SW (218°) | Within acceptable direction window.
Tide Score: A lower tide score of 3.7/10 suggests marginal conditions, where tide height may limit consistency or wave quality.
Tide Height: The tide is falling around 3.9 ft, sitting above the preferred range for this break.
Tide Trend: ↘ Improving: Tide quality is trending better.
Next Tide: Low at 8:28 PM (1.2 ft)
Wind Score: A wind score of 0.0/10 reflects very strong winds that are blowing out the lineup, leaving rough, choppy conditions and poor surf quality.
Wind Direction & Speed: SW @ 10 mph
Wind Trend: Wind quality remains consistent through the surf window.
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