As of Tuesday 6:00pm, the best window this week is Thu dusk, 5.2 of 10 - marginal, held back by swell.
A quiet week. Quiet since it was cast on August 17, 2026: 85 days without a ring.
Right now
Water, measured
73F
Santa Monica (NOAA), 28.2 km away, this hour · context only - too far to judge the warm light
Turbidity, measured
1.0 NTU · low
particles in the water at Santa Monica Pier, 28.3 km away, this hour · the day's median 1.0 · a measurement, not a visibility promise
Buoy, right now
3.9 ft @ 14.0 s
from 250° · 24 min ago
Tide
0.4 ft rising
high 3.6 at 10:37pm
Satellite clarity
clear
Kd490 0.066, 14 days old · a witness, not a forecast
Dry spell
72 h+
the gate wants 72 hours without rain
Plankton
blue
chlorophyll 0.3 mg/m³ by satellite · green water is plankton
Plankton, measured
blue
chlorophyll 0.5 ug/L at Santa Monica Pier · green water is plankton
Buoy vs model
0.98x
the buoy reads 2% lower than the model this week
Moon
new · 2%
full in 14 days · new in 28
The water index
Thu dusk - this bell's best window this week, scored on its own water.
The week, scored
Each window is scored 1 to 10 for this water alone; 7 is worth the drive. The bell rings only when every condition aligns and holds across two readings.
Wed dawn4.0
swell 2.8 ft @ 9.3 s from 269° · wind 4.8 kn · tide 4.2 ft ↑ · cloud 2% · first light 5:54am · sun up 6:24am
held back by swell · Point Dume Cove
Wed dusk3.6
swell 2.8 ft @ 9.2 s from 270° · wind 8.9 kn · tide 0.6 ft ↓ · cloud 19% · sun down 4:54pm
held back by swell · Leo Carrillo (Sequit Point)
Thu dawn4.1
swell 2.6 ft @ 9.6 s from 268° · wind 5.5 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↑ · cloud 92% · first light 5:55am · sun up 6:25am
held back by swell · Point Dume Cove
Thu dusk5.2
swell 2.0 ft @ 9.2 s from 265° · wind 8.9 kn · tide 1.4 ft ↓ · cloud 40% · sun down 4:53pm
held back by swell · Leo Carrillo (Sequit Point)
Fri dawn4.5
swell 3.4 ft @ 10.9 s from 270° · wind 4.2 kn · tide 3.6 ft ↑ · cloud 25% · first light 5:56am · sun up 6:26am
held back by swell · Point Dume Cove
Fri dusk1.2
swell 4.1 ft @ 9.5 s from 262° · wind 5.7 kn · tide 2.2 ft ↓ · cloud 52% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by swell · Leo Carrillo (Sequit Point)
Sat dawn1.0
swell 4.6 ft @ 9.4 s from 264° · wind 9.7 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↑ · cloud 100% · first light 5:57am · sun up 6:27am
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Sat dusk1.0
swell 6.2 ft @ 9.2 s from 261° · wind 9.2 kn · tide 2.9 ft ↓ · cloud 100% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Sun dawn1.0
swell 4.6 ft @ 9.3 s from 261° · wind 1.7 kn · tide 3.4 ft ↑ · cloud 83% · first light 5:57am · sun up 6:27am
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Sun dusk1.0
swell 3.8 ft @ 8.3 s from 260° · wind 5.5 kn · tide 3.4 ft ↓ · cloud 69% · sun down 4:51pm
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Mon dawn2.9
swell 2.5 ft @ 11.2 s from 215° · wind 2.6 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↓ · cloud 54% · first light 5:58am · sun up 6:28am
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Mon dusk4.0
swell 3.4 ft @ 13.6 s from 288° · wind 9.8 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↓ · cloud 38% · sun down 4:50pm
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Tue dawn1.0
swell 4.4 ft @ 6.8 s from 270° · wind 2.4 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↓ · cloud 2% · first light 5:59am · sun up 6:29am
held back by rain · Point Dume Cove
Tue dusk1.0
swell 3.4 ft @ 8.1 s from 268° · wind 8.4 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↓ · cloud 0% · sun down 4:50pm
held back by swell · Point Dume Cove
Lights, left to right: flat · glass · dry · sun · warm. All five, held across two readings, and the bell rings.
The tide
Three days, from the same predictions the forecast reads. Shaded: the dawn and dusk windows.
Water temperature
The weather model's sea-surface temperature: four days past, three ahead (dotted), today marked. Where a pier or NOAA station measures the water, that reading is the card under Right now.
The water, mapped
Gold: the coves the bell names this week. Filled: placed where USGS place names and OpenStreetMap agree; hollow: one source. Blue: the instruments this bell reads, with their distance. The arrow: the week's best swell, arriving from its direction. Not drawn, because no public source places them: Point Dume Cove.
The coves
Point Dume Covenamed this week 30 ft · the stairs then sand, east of the point · pinnacles off the point hold the life; seals patrol the wall · best at mid-high tide
Leo Carrillo (Sequit Point)named this week 25 ft · sand west of the point, kelp close in · Arroyo Sequit runs after rain — the creek rule earns its keep here
The instruments
buoy 46221, tide station 9410840, water 75F now (the bell wants 62F or warmer).
When it rings: the offshore mornings, when the canyons breathe out to sea. In its casting against years of this water, 23% of mornings reached 7. Rings since casting: 0.
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The ledger
This bell has not yet rung. When it does, the ring enters here the moment it is made, and the morning after, the buoy, the wind, the rain and the sky testify to whether it held. Every bell's record →