Swell Lens
Central California swell lens
Which Central California breaks each swell lights up, and why: wave rays bent over the real seafloor at 53 spots, ranked with storm and forecast swell and the local wind.
| Swell from | Breaks it lights up most (wave height against a plain beach, 11 s) |
|---|---|
| S | Shell Beach 1.1×, Wilder Beach 1.1×, Lincoln Beach 1.0× |
| SW | Rodeo Beach 1.2×, Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1.1×, Monterey Bay's Seascape Beach Resort 1.0× |
| W | Ocean Beach, San Francisco 1.6×, Martins Beach 1.2×, Pomponio Beach 1.1× |
| NW | Moss Beach 1.1×, Montara Beach 1.0×, Moss Beach 1.0× |