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Black's Beach is serving solid sets with strong, long energy and waves coming straight from the south-southwest. The swell is building nicely toward peak size, and the light west wind keeps things clean with just a slight ripple on the water. The tide is dropping near low, which favors the beach break shaping up well for open-faced turns and fun rides. Overall it’s looking playable and worth the paddle out if you’re ready for some solid waves.
Quick Conditions Snapshot
2.6 ft SSW swell pushing 17 seconds, light west wind 0 to 5 mph, dropping tide near 1.8 ft, water temp 76.0 °F, air temp 69 °F.
Patchy Fog, 69°F • Wind W 0 to 5 mph
Swell Score: A swell score of 6.9/10 reflects modest size and playable swell energy.
Swell Detail: About 2.6 ft with an interval of 17 seconds with Playable energy (~347 kJ).
Swell Direction: The primary swell is coming from the SSW (199°) | Within ideal direction window.
Tide Score: With a tide score of 9.6/10, tide conditions are near ideal for this break, providing strong support for clean and consistent wave shape.
Tide Height: The tide is falling around 1.77 ft, which sits within the preferred mid-tide range for this break.
Tide Trend: ↘ Peaking: Tide quality may slowly decline but remains good.
Next Tide: Low at 1:14 AM (0.6 ft)
Wind Score: A wind score of 7.7/10 indicates mostly favorable winds, with generally clean conditions and only slight chop on the surface.
Wind Direction & Speed: W @ 0 to 5 mph
Wind Trend: Wind quality remains consistent through the surf window.
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