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Shell Beach

California, United States

Right now

Conditions at 3:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 7 s, heading toward E, with strong cross-onshore wind toward SE.

Swell

0.9 m

7 s

Wind

20 km/h

Cross-onshore

Tide

2 m

Rising

Weather

19 °C

Clear

16 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	1 m · 5 s	E	13 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 12 °C
1 AM	Fair	1.1 m · 5 s	ESE	12 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	SE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Overcast · 12 °C
2 AM	Fair	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	9 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Overcast · 13 °C
3 AM	Fair	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	7 km/h · 9 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Partly cloudy · 12 °C
4 AM	Fair	1.2 m · 5 s	ESE	7 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Partly cloudy · 12 °C
5 AM	Good	1.2 m · 5 s	ESE	6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	SE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Fog · 12 °C
6 AM	Good	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	2 km/h · 2 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	1.7 m	Fog · 12 °C
7 AM	Good	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	3 km/h · 3 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	1.8 m	Fog · 12 °C
8 AM	Good	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.8 m	Fog · 14 °C
9 AM	Good	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	3 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	1.8 m	Fog · 15 °C
10 AM	Fair	1.2 m · 5 s	ESE	8 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	NE Onshore	1.7 m	Fog · 16 °C
11 AM	Fair	1.2 m · 5 s	ESE	7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	ENE Onshore	1.7 m	Clear · 16 °C
12 PM	Fair	1.1 m · 5 s	ESE	11 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.7 m	Clear · 18 °C
1 PM	Poor	1 m · 6 s	ESE	16 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.8 m	Clear · 19 °C
2 PM	Poor	1 m · 6 s	SE	19 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.9 m	Clear · 20 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 7 s	E	20 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	2 m	Clear · 19 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 7 s	ENE	24 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	2.1 m	Clear · 19 °C
5 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 8 s	NNE	27 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 18 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 8 s	NNE	28 km/h · 36 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 16 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 8 s	NNE	25 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	2 m	Overcast · 15 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 8 s	NNE	21 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 14 °C
9 PM	Poor	1 m · 7 s	ENE	21 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 14 °C
10 PM	Poor	1.1 m · 6 s	E	20 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 13 °C
11 PM	Poor	1.3 m · 5 s	ESE	20 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 13 °C