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Pacific Beach/Crystal Pier almost always has something to ride but is rarely truly good. It tends to close out on any longer period swell that creates surf in the overhead range, especially as you ...

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Wind for Saturday continues to look pretty good. Moderate to potentially breezy from the NE in the morning (offshore), shifting more NNE/N in the afternoon (cross-offshore). We will likely have ...

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Ongoing surf but generally low quality with the onshore winds. We have some continued surf but we are down in size from Tuesday. Winds are shifting around more E/ESE which shifts our swell direction.

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