San Elijo State Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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San Elijo State Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with light wind from the S, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | light wind from the S |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-15 10:56 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 18s |
| Swell direction | SW (232°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46274 (3 mi away) |
| Wind | 2 kt from the WNW — NDBC TIXC1 (32 mi away) |
San Elijo State Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for San Elijo State Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jul 15 | 3 ft | 17s SW | 8 kt WSW |
| Thu Jul 16 | 3–4 ft | 16s SW | 11 kt SSW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 3–4 ft | 16s SW | 11 kt SSW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 3–4 ft | 17s WSW | 8 kt SW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 4–5 ft | 14s SW | 9 kt W |
| Mon Jul 20 | 4–5 ft | 14s SW | 8 kt WSW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 4 ft | 15s SW | 8 kt WSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9410230 (La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf)), the nearest tide station (11 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:31 — High 4.504 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:19 — Low 0.285 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:39 — High 3.53 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:02 — Low 2.878 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:31 — High 4.041 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:04 — Low 0.546 ft
Frequently asked
Is San Elijo State Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 10:56 UTC), San Elijo State Beach is marginal: the live 2–4 ft long-period groundswell swell from the SW is off its ideal W direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is calm from the NW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for San Elijo State Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46274) and the nearest NOAA tide station (La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for San Elijo State Beach?
San Elijo State Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with light wind from the S, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether San Elijo State Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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