As of Tuesday 6:00pm, the best window this week is Wed dawn, 2.7 of 10 - rough, held back by swell.
A quiet week. Quiet since it was cast on August 17, 2026: 85 days without a ring.
Right now
Water
75F
by satellite · the bell wants 62F or warmer
Wind, measured
7 kn
Leo Carrillo (RAWS), 2.2 km away, 66 min ago · the glass line is 7 kn
Wind vs model
-1.1 kn
measured lighter than modeled at dawn, 58 hours compared at Leo Carrillo (RAWS) · watched, not yet applied
Buoy, right now
5.6 ft @ 13.0 s
from 265° · 36 min ago
Tide
0.3 ft rising
high 3.6 at 10:42pm
Satellite clarity
clear
Kd490 0.061, 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
Buoy vs model
1.60x
the buoy reads 60% higher than the model this week
Moon
new · 2%
full in 14 days · new in 28
The water index
Wed dawn - 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 dawn2.7
swell 2.9 ft @ 11.7 s from 206° · wind 3.8 kn · tide 4.1 ft ↑ · cloud 0% · first light 5:54am · sun up 6:24am
held back by swell · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Wed dusk1.4
swell 3.6 ft @ 10.4 s from 245° · wind 4.7 kn · tide 0.8 ft ↓ · cloud 57% · sun down 4:54pm
held back by swell · La Jenelle (Port Hueneme)
Thu dawn1.9
swell 3.3 ft @ 12.3 s from 185° · wind 3.9 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↑ · cloud 100% · first light 5:55am · sun up 6:25am
held back by swell · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Thu dusk1.4
swell 3.6 ft @ 10.4 s from 248° · wind 8.2 kn · tide 1.6 ft ↓ · cloud 53% · sun down 4:53pm
held back by swell · La Jenelle (Port Hueneme)
Fri dawn1.8
swell 4.4 ft @ 11.5 s from 253° · wind 2.3 kn · tide 3.6 ft ↑ · cloud 10% · first light 5:56am · sun up 6:26am
held back by swell · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Fri dusk1.3
swell 4.2 ft @ 12.0 s from 214° · wind 8.1 kn · tide 2.4 ft ↓ · cloud 100% · sun down 4:53pm
held back by swell · La Jenelle (Port Hueneme)
Sat dawn1.0
swell 6.7 ft @ 7.2 s from 252° · wind 10.3 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↑ · cloud 94% · first light 5:57am · sun up 6:27am
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Sat dusk1.0
swell 7.8 ft @ 13.2 s from 283° · wind 14.7 kn · tide 3.0 ft ↓ · cloud 17% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Sun dawn1.0
swell 6.9 ft @ 10.8 s from 276° · wind 2.7 kn · tide 3.4 ft ↑ · cloud 72% · first light 5:58am · sun up 6:28am
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Sun dusk1.7
swell 4.2 ft @ 11.8 s from 289° · wind 7.3 kn · tide 3.5 ft ↓ · cloud 0% · sun down 4:52pm
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Mon dawn1.0
swell 4.1 ft @ 12.5 s from 265° · wind 5.2 kn · tide 3.6 ft ↓ · cloud 96% · first light 5:59am · sun up 6:29am
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Mon dusk1.0
swell 5.9 ft @ 13.4 s from 290° · wind 12.3 kn · tide 3.8 ft ↓ · cloud 14% · sun down 4:51pm
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Tue dawn1.2
swell 5.5 ft @ 12.3 s from 290° · wind 1.7 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↓ · cloud 0% · first light 6:00am · sun up 6:30am
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
Tue dusk1.0
swell 4.2 ft @ 12.6 s from 290° · wind 9.2 kn · tide 3.9 ft ↑ · cloud 0% · sun down 4:50pm
held back by rain · County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)
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: La Jenelle (Port Hueneme).
The coves
County Line Reef (Yerba Buena)named this week 25 ft · sand beside the point, watch the surfers' lineup · kelp rows over low reef fingers; share the water politely · best at mid-high tide
La Jenelle (Port Hueneme)named this week 20 ft · beach beside the jetty at Silver Strand · the liner that beached in '70 — her bones make the jetty's south arm
The instruments
buoy 46053, tide station 9411189, water 75F now (the bell wants 62F or warmer).
When it rings: winter mornings, between the swells that feed the point. In its casting against years of this water, 27% of mornings reached 7. Rings since casting: 0.
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The ledger
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