In Reply to: Re: Breaking News...Swell Models Wrong Again posted by Chuck Tribolet on October 17, 2011 at 21:57:21:

http://cdip.ucsd.edu/themes/user_groups/mariners?d2=p54&u3=t:rs:r:Southern_California_Swell_Model:p:Hs:c:nowcast

http://forecasts.swellwatch.com/#place=33.93595437963605_-118.53424050000001_11_1563_left_none_Sat_40673

http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts2.php?chart=70&res=750&type=swell&starttime

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/getprodplus.php?wfo=lox&prod=655CWFLOX

http://www.surfline.com/surf-spots-breaks/southern-california/south-los-angeles_2951

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46221

Even current observations have proven incorrect many times. I also look at several live cams, but evey they are not updated sometimes, or worse, the lenses are so dirty, you can see the water. Usually we have to go to the beach first and hope the conditions are the same offshore.