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Shell Beach

California, United States

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 9:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

Good

Waist-high (1.2 m) at 6 s, heading toward SE, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward SE.

Swell

1.2 m

6 s

Wind

10 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.8 m

Falling

Weather

17 °C

Clear

15 °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	Good	1 m · 5 s	ESE	10 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.9 m	Clear · 15 °C
1 AM	Good	1.1 m · 6 s	ESE	10 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	0.9 m	Clear · 14 °C
2 AM	Good	1.1 m · 6 s	ESE	9 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1 m	Clear · 14 °C
3 AM	Good	1.1 m · 6 s	ESE	7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.2 m	Clear · 14 °C
4 AM	Good	1.2 m · 6 s	ESE	9 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.4 m	Clear · 13 °C
5 AM	Good	1.2 m · 6 s	ESE	10 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.6 m	Clear · 14 °C
6 AM	Good	1.2 m · 6 s	ESE	11 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Clear · 14 °C
7 AM	Good	1.2 m · 6 s	ESE	10 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Clear · 14 °C
8 AM	Good	1.3 m · 6 s	ESE	8 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Clear · 15 °C
9 AM	Good	1.2 m · 6 s	SE	10 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Clear · 17 °C
10 AM	Good	1.1 m · 6 s	SE	14 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Clear · 20 °C
11 AM	Good	1 m · 7 s	SE	21 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Clear · 21 °C
12 PM	Good	0.9 m · 7 s	SE	23 km/h · 29 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.7 m	Clear · 22 °C
1 PM	Good	0.8 m · 7 s	ESE	24 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Clear · 23 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 7 s	ESE	25 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.9 m	Clear · 23 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.7 m · 8 s	SE	26 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	2 m	Clear · 23 °C
4 PM	Good	0.6 m · 8 s	SE	25 km/h · 33 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	2.1 m	Clear · 23 °C
5 PM	Good	0.6 m · 9 s	SE	24 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 22 °C
6 PM	Good	0.7 m · 8 s	SE	21 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 21 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 7 s	SE	18 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	2 m	Overcast · 18 °C
8 PM	Good	0.9 m · 7 s	ESE	16 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.8 m	Overcast · 16 °C
9 PM	Good	1 m · 6 s	ESE	16 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 15 °C
10 PM	Good	1.1 m · 6 s	ESE	14 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 14 °C
11 PM	Good	1.2 m · 5 s	ESE	13 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	SE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 14 °C