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California, USAbeach breakbothFaces SW33.655°N, 118.003°W

Buoys near Huntington Beach

19 active NOAA stations report within 150 km of Huntington Beach. The closest wave buoy is NDBC 46253 (San Pedro South, CA), 19 km WSW of the break. Buoy 46086 sits upstream in the swell window, so it registers an incoming swell before it reaches the sand.

Stations are ranked by how much they tell you about Huntington Beach, not just by distance: a buoy sitting upstream — in the direction the swell comes from (about SSW here) — registers a new swell before it reaches the break, so it earns a lead time; a buoy behind an island is marked as shadowed; stale reports rank below fresh ones. Readings are the latest public NOAA observations and refresh hourly.

Bullseye = the break · click a marker to jump to its card · ring = 150 km
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Upstream — in the swell window — these see a new swell before the break does

  • SAN CLEMENTE BASIN
    NDBC 46086 · Forecast · 128 km S
    Awaiting live data
    Upstream · sees swell first
    A 15 s swell reaches this buoy ~3 h before the break20 s ~2 h · 17 s ~2 h · 14 s ~3 h · 11 s ~4 h
    Awaiting live data
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Lead times use deep-water group velocity (Cg = gT/4π ≈ 2.8 km/h per second of period) projected along the swell direction, at this break's typical period; a buoy under 40 km away reads the same swell the break is receiving. Upstream = within 30° of the swell direction; shadowing is curated per break. Observations: NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Ratings: NOAA GFS-Wave, PierMonkey Rating v3.