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Today's report · Thu Nov 12

El Porto

Walled, but fun corners on the push to the 9:39 AM high. It gets dumpier as the tide drains. Like yesterday.

Waves
4–6 ft
Chest to overhead on the best bars
Swell direction
W 261° + SSW 212°
Combo of W 261° + small SSW 212°
Buoy now
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NDBC 46221 Santa Monica Bay
Wind now
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Light offshore early, onshore bump after 10 AM
Tide
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NOAA Santa Monica
Water
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Buoy 46221
Best window
dawn to 10 AM
Wave Lord's call
History checkClosest logged El Porto day: 3.1 ft @ 13.5 s, WSW 254°, 5.9 ft high tide. Wave Lord used how that day actually surfed to set this score.Based on 19 logged sessions
80+ Great60–79 Good35–59 OK<35 Poor

Next 4 days

Full forecast →
Fri
52
WNW 290°, Harvest 10 ft @ 14s
Sat
42
WNW 300°, Harvest 17–21 ft @ 18s
⭐ Best
Sun
62
WNW 299°, Harvest 14 ft @ 15s
Mon
48
WNW 292°, Harvest 14 ft @ 17s
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Coming up

A big WNW swell around 300° on Saturday, but it'll be stormy and closing out. Sunday cleans up with offshore wind, and Rincon could have long walls 🟨 74.

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Trip picks

North Shore Oahu, Nov 15–16, NNW 12s, 6 hrs from LAX

Supertubos in Portugal, Nov 19–20, big WNW, low confidence

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Big picture

Strong El Niño, rain Fri and Sun night through Tue, water 75°F, tides running about 1 ft high

Tide & wind today

Tide · NOAA Santa Monica
Wind · model, knots · ■ offshore ■ onshore
Buoy 46221 · last 48 hours

Report: 2026-11-12.md