As of Tuesday 6:00pm, the best window this week is Thu dusk, 5.1 of 10 - marginal, held back by swell. NWS has a beach hazards statement out for Thu - no cove named under a warning.
A quiet week. Last rang October 18, 2026 - 23 days ago.
The National Weather Service has a Beach Hazards Statement in force over Wed through Mon. The bell does not ring under one, and names no cove for those windows.
Right now
Water, measured
73F
Santa Monica Pier, 31.5 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, 31.5 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
0.5 ft rising
high 3.6 at 10:33pm
Satellite clarity
clear
Kd490 0.068, 14 days old · a witness, not a forecast
Dry spell
72 h+
the gate wants 72 hours without rain
Plankton
blue
chlorophyll 0.4 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
0.81x
the buoy reads 19% 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 dawn4.9
swell 2.7 ft @ 9.7 s from 275° · wind 1.6 kn · tide 4.2 ft ↑ · cloud 2% · first light 5:52am · sun up 6:22am
held back by swell · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Wed dusk4.6
swell 2.7 ft @ 9.7 s from 275° · wind 7.1 kn · tide 0.6 ft ↓ · cloud 10% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by swell · Christmas Tree Cove NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Thu dawn4.7
swell 2.4 ft @ 9.4 s from 274° · wind 3.7 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↑ · cloud 82% · first light 5:53am · sun up 6:23am
held back by swell · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Thu dusk5.1
swell 2.5 ft @ 10.0 s from 276° · wind 8.3 kn · tide 1.4 ft ↓ · cloud 51% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by swell · Christmas Tree Cove NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Fri dawn4.4
swell 3.4 ft @ 11.4 s from 276° · wind 9.0 kn · tide 3.7 ft ↑ · cloud 50% · first light 5:53am · sun up 6:23am
held back by swell · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Fri dusk2.2
swell 3.8 ft @ 10.1 s from 272° · wind 7.4 kn · tide 2.2 ft ↓ · cloud 80% · sun down 4:51pm
held back by swell · Christmas Tree Cove NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Sat dawn1.0
swell 4.2 ft @ 11.7 s from 274° · wind 17.5 kn · tide 4.1 ft ↑ · cloud 100% · first light 5:54am · sun up 6:24am
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Sat dusk1.0
swell 6.4 ft @ 10.7 s from 273° · wind 13.7 kn · tide 2.9 ft ↓ · cloud 59% · sun down 4:50pm
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Sun dawn1.0
swell 5.0 ft @ 10.4 s from 273° · wind 2.4 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↑ · cloud 86% · first light 5:55am · sun up 6:25am
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Sun dusk1.0
swell 4.1 ft @ 9.8 s from 273° · wind 7.4 kn · tide 3.4 ft ↓ · cloud 21% · sun down 4:50pm
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Mon dawn2.5
swell 2.7 ft @ 10.7 s from 281° · wind 6.2 kn · tide 3.7 ft ↓ · cloud 96% · first light 5:56am · sun up 6:26am
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland) NWS: Beach Hazards Statement
Mon dusk1.0
swell 3.8 ft @ 11.3 s from 278° · wind 13.9 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↓ · cloud 68% · sun down 4:49pm
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland)
Tue dawn1.9
swell 3.8 ft @ 11.2 s from 280° · wind 7.7 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↓ · cloud 0% · first light 5:57am · sun up 6:27am
held back by rain · Terranea (Old Marineland)
Tue dusk1.4
swell 3.8 ft @ 7.5 s from 274° · wind 10.2 kn · tide 4.0 ft ↓ · cloud 0% · sun down 4:49pm
held back by swell · Terranea (Old Marineland)
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: Terranea (Old Marineland).
The coves
Terranea (Old Marineland)named this weekrang here October 18, 2026 30 ft · cobble cove below the resort trail · 120 Reef beyond the kelp line; watch the cobble in surge · best at mid-high tide
Christmas Tree Covenamed this week 25 ft · steep trail, small pocket beach · clearest water on the peninsula on its day
The instruments
buoy 46221, tide station 9410660, water 75F now (the bell wants 62F or warmer).
When it rings: December mornings, when the point stops taking the swell. In its casting against years of this water, 24% of mornings reached 7. Rings since casting: 1.
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The ledger
1 ring - 1 held.
Rang
Window
Cove
Promised
The morning
Verdict
Divers reported
October 18, 2026
dawn
Terranea (Old Marineland)
8.7 · 1.7 ft @ 13.7 s · 2.5 kn · 72F · from the log