LIVE FROM BLUFF HOUSE · CAYUCOS
Cayucos, California
Wind works on the water two ways. Out at sea, over hours and miles, it builds the waves you see here; the buoy measures the finished result, so wave size already reflects the wind that made it. Right at the bluff, local wind grooms the surface, smoothing or roughening it without changing the wave size.
| When | Tide | Height |
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The dark line at the bottom is the sea surface. It is the sum of the swell and the wind chop shown above it. Where the swell crests line up, they stack into a set; the orange line is the energy envelope. Built from the current swell and wind-sea readings, so it changes with conditions.