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Imperial Beach

Imperial Beach · beach break

Photo: Stephen Bay, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Beginner

Wide, mellow sandy beach break at the southernmost tip of the California coast.

Waist-to-chest-high, clean, well-organized — worth the drive for beginners.

🌅 Best window today: 9:00-11:00 AMlight wind, ~10 mph

📈 Building toward the biggest swell Friday (~3-4 ft), up from today's ~3-3 ft.

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Swell

4.6 ft

@ 13s · 71.8°F water

Buoy: Point Loma South, CA (191)

Tide

  • Low 3:49 AM (-0.2 ft)
  • High 10:02 AM (5.5 ft)
  • Low 4:00 PM (0.5 ft)
  • High 10:06 PM (5.7 ft)

Station: Imperial Beach

Weather

72°F

Patchy Fog

Wind 5 to 10 mph S

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