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Devereux Steps / Camino Majorca Sandbar.

Beach / sandbar

Shifting sandbar peak34.408° N / 119.874° W
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Forecast & tide at a glance

Estimated surf face · feet · Pacific time. The existing PureSurfers face-estimation engine; not a measured or calibrated breaking-wave report.

Estimated surf face2.0 ftOlder cached forecast Wed Nov 11, 9:00pm Pacific
Coastal wind2.4 mphNW from · older cache
NOAA tide reference2.2 ftMLLW · Santa Barbara

READ THE INDIVIDUAL SWELLS

Swell by swell.

Offshore component height (Hs), not surf-face height. Directions are where waves come from. Component heights do not add together.

Wed Nov 11, 9:00pm Pacific

GFS · 4 components
Primary swell
2.2ft Hs

W from · 275° · 11.3 s

2.2 feet
Wind sea
0.0ft Hs

No energy reported for this component

0.0 feet
Secondary swell
0.6ft Hs

SW from · 224° · 13.3 s

0.6 feet
Tertiary swell
0.2ft Hs

W from · 273° · 12.7 s

0.2 feet
MFWAM · 2 components
Primary swell
4.6ft Hs

W from · 279° · 9.9 s

4.6 feet
Wind sea
0.0ft Hs

No energy reported for this component

0.0 feet

Each model supplies its own partitions. Missing components remain unavailable; another model’s primary swell is not automatically the same wave system.

Coastal wind retrieved Wed Nov 11, 8:00pm · older cache. This is regional modeled wind, not a beach measurement.

Source retrievals: GFS Nov 11, 8:00pm (older cache) · ECMWF Nov 11, 8:00pm (older cache) · MFWAM Nov 11, 8:00pm (older cache). Retrieval time is not the model issue time. This page combines all available cached model families; map model selections are separate.

Tide predictions: Santa Barbara, 17 km reference; retrieved Wed Nov 11, 7:30pm. Station predictions can differ locally.

Seven-day overview

06:00–19:00 forecast hours; daily values are not a full-day maximum.
Pacific dayEstimated surf faceMean windHours available
Wed Nov 112.2 ft3.9 mph14/14
Thu Nov 122.0 ft7.3 mph14/14
Fri Nov 133.0 ft6.4 mph14/14
Sat Nov 144.8 ft3.5 mph14/14
Sun Nov 152.9 ft3.9 mph14/14
Mon Nov 164.0 ft2.7 mph14/14
Tue Nov 172.9 ft4.6 mph14/14
Hourly details · next 72 hours
Pacific timeEstimated surf faceModel rangeSet proxySwell fromWindTide MLLWModels
Wed 9:00pm2.0 ft1.1–2.7 ft3.0 ftW · 12.2 s2.4 mph NW2.2 ft3
Wed 10:00pm1.9 ft1.1–2.6 ft2.9 ftW · 12.1 s4.0 mph WNW2.9 ft3
Wed 11:00pm1.9 ft1.1–2.5 ft2.9 ftW · 12.1 s4.5 mph WNW3.3 ft3
Thu 12:00am1.9 ft1.1–2.5 ft2.8 ftW · 12.0 s6.2 mph NNW3.4 ft3
Thu 1:00am1.8 ft1.1–2.4 ft2.8 ftW · 12.0 s5.9 mph NNW3.4 ft3
Thu 2:00am1.8 ft1.1–2.4 ft2.8 ftW · 12.0 s5.2 mph N3.2 ft3
Thu 3:00am1.8 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 11.9 s4.9 mph N3.0 ft3
Thu 4:00am1.8 ft1.0–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 11.9 s3.7 mph N3.0 ft3
Thu 5:00am1.8 ft1.0–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 11.9 s4.0 mph NE3.3 ft3
Thu 6:00am1.8 ft1.0–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 11.8 s4.6 mph NE3.7 ft3
Thu 7:00am1.8 ft1.0–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 11.8 s5.4 mph NNE4.3 ft3
Thu 8:00am1.9 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.8 ftW · 11.9 s6.3 mph ENE4.9 ft3
Thu 9:00am1.9 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.8 ftW · 11.9 s7.9 mph ESE5.4 ft3
Thu 10:00am1.9 ft1.1–2.4 ft2.9 ftW · 12.0 s8.9 mph SSE5.6 ft3
Thu 11:00am2.0 ft1.2–2.4 ft3.0 ftW · 12.0 s10.8 mph SSE5.4 ft3
Thu 12:00pm2.0 ft1.2–2.5 ft3.1 ftW · 12.1 s9.5 mph SE4.8 ft3
Thu 1:00pm2.1 ft1.2–2.5 ft3.1 ftW · 12.2 s8.3 mph S3.9 ft3
Thu 2:00pm2.1 ft1.3–2.6 ft3.2 ftW · 12.4 s7.0 mph S2.8 ft3
Thu 3:00pm2.1 ft1.0–2.6 ft3.1 ftW · 12.5 s6.5 mph SSE1.7 ft3
Thu 4:00pm1.9 ft0.5–2.7 ft2.9 ftW · 12.7 s6.9 mph SE0.8 ft3
Thu 5:00pm2.1 ft1.0–2.7 ft3.2 ftW · 12.8 s6.1 mph ESE0.2 ft3
Thu 6:00pm2.4 ft1.7–2.8 ft3.6 ftW · 13.0 s7.1 mph ENE0.0 ft3
Thu 7:00pm2.3 ft1.2–2.8 ft3.4 ftW · 11.5 s6.8 mph ENE0.3 ft3
Thu 8:00pm2.5 ft1.8–2.9 ft3.8 ftW · 13.3 s5.8 mph E0.8 ft3
Thu 9:00pm2.5 ft1.6–3.0 ft3.8 ftW · 13.5 s6.8 mph ESE1.6 ft3
Thu 10:00pm2.5 ft1.5–3.1 ft3.7 ftW · 13.6 s6.9 mph ESE2.3 ft3
Thu 11:00pm2.7 ft1.7–3.2 ft4.0 ftW · 13.5 s8.7 mph E2.9 ft3
Fri 12:00am2.7 ft1.9–3.2 ft4.1 ftW · 13.4 s9.3 mph E3.2 ft3
Fri 1:00am2.8 ft1.9–3.3 ft4.2 ftW · 13.3 s8.8 mph E3.4 ft3
Fri 2:00am2.9 ft2.0–3.4 ft4.3 ftW · 13.2 s8.4 mph E3.3 ft3
Fri 3:00am2.9 ft2.0–3.5 ft4.4 ftW · 13.1 s7.8 mph ENE3.2 ft3
Fri 4:00am3.0 ft1.9–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 13.0 s8.2 mph ENE3.2 ft3
Fri 5:00am3.0 ft2.0–3.6 ft4.5 ftW · 12.9 s6.8 mph ENE3.3 ft3
Fri 6:00am3.0 ft2.0–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.8 s15.1 mph ESE3.5 ft3
Fri 7:00am3.0 ft2.0–3.6 ft4.5 ftW · 12.7 s7.7 mph ENE4.0 ft3
Fri 8:00am3.0 ft2.1–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.6 s9.0 mph E4.5 ft3
Fri 9:00am3.0 ft2.1–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.6 s9.1 mph E4.9 ft3
Fri 10:00am3.0 ft2.1–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.5 s7.9 mph E5.2 ft3
Fri 11:00am3.0 ft2.1–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.4 s8.1 mph SE5.2 ft3
Fri 12:00pm3.0 ft2.1–3.5 ft4.4 ftW · 12.3 s7.0 mph S4.9 ft3
Fri 1:00pm3.0 ft2.1–3.4 ft4.4 ftW · 12.2 s3.3 mph NW4.3 ft3
Fri 2:00pm2.9 ft2.1–3.4 ft4.4 ftW · 12.2 s3.1 mph SW3.4 ft3
Fri 3:00pm3.0 ft2.2–3.5 ft4.4 ftW · 12.1 s6.0 mph SW2.5 ft3
Fri 4:00pm3.0 ft2.2–3.5 ft4.4 ftW · 12.1 s5.8 mph SW1.5 ft3
Fri 5:00pm3.0 ft2.3–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 12.0 s3.5 mph SW0.8 ft3
Fri 6:00pm3.0 ft2.3–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 11.9 s2.1 mph SW0.3 ft3
Fri 7:00pm3.0 ft2.3–3.5 ft4.5 ftW · 11.7 s2.1 mph SW0.3 ft3
Fri 8:00pm3.1 ft2.3–3.6 ft4.6 ftW · 11.4 s0.7 mph S0.5 ft3
Fri 9:00pm3.2 ft2.2–3.7 ft4.7 ftW · 11.0 s1.3 mph ESE1.1 ft3
Fri 10:00pm3.2 ft2.2–3.8 ft4.8 ftW · 10.8 s1.4 mph S1.7 ft3
Fri 11:00pm3.3 ft2.1–3.9 ft4.9 ftW · 11.0 s1.9 mph NE2.3 ft3
Sat 12:00am3.3 ft2.0–4.0 ft4.9 ftW · 11.4 s2.3 mph SSW2.9 ft3
Sat 1:00am3.3 ft2.0–4.1 ft5.0 ftW · 11.8 s0.0 mph —3.2 ft3
Sat 2:00am3.5 ft2.0–4.4 ft5.2 ftW · 12.1 s4.2 mph ENE3.4 ft3
Sat 3:00am3.8 ft2.0–4.9 ft5.7 ftW · 12.8 s1.6 mph N3.4 ft3
Sat 4:00am4.0 ft2.1–5.2 ft6.0 ftW · 13.3 s4.3 mph NW3.3 ft3
Sat 5:00am4.2 ft2.3–5.5 ft6.3 ftW · 13.7 s4.7 mph NW3.3 ft3
Sat 6:00am4.3 ft2.5–5.2 ft6.4 ftWNW · 13.8 s4.7 mph NNW3.5 ft3
Sat 7:00am4.5 ft2.7–5.5 ft6.8 ftW · 12.0 s4.7 mph NNW3.7 ft3
Sat 8:00am4.8 ft3.2–5.6 ft7.2 ftW · 12.3 s4.1 mph NNW4.0 ft3
Sat 9:00am4.9 ft3.2–5.7 ft7.3 ftWNW · 14.8 s3.0 mph NW4.4 ft3
Sat 10:00am5.0 ft3.3–5.9 ft7.4 ftWNW · 15.1 s3.6 mph W4.7 ft3
Sat 11:00am4.9 ft3.2–5.9 ft7.4 ftWNW · 15.2 s4.7 mph WSW4.9 ft3
Sat 12:00pm5.0 ft3.3–6.0 ft7.6 ftWNW · 15.2 s4.9 mph WSW4.8 ft3
Sat 1:00pm5.1 ft3.4–6.1 ft7.6 ftWNW · 15.2 s3.2 mph SW4.5 ft3
Sat 2:00pm5.0 ft3.4–6.1 ft7.5 ftWNW · 15.1 s3.0 mph SSW3.9 ft3
Sat 3:00pm5.0 ft3.3–6.1 ft7.4 ftWNW · 14.9 s3.4 mph S3.1 ft3
Sat 4:00pm4.9 ft3.3–6.1 ft7.4 ftWNW · 14.8 s2.7 mph S2.3 ft3
Sat 5:00pm4.9 ft3.3–6.0 ft7.3 ftWNW · 14.6 s1.5 mph SSE1.5 ft3
Sat 6:00pm4.8 ft3.3–5.9 ft7.2 ftWNW · 14.4 s2.1 mph ENE0.9 ft3
Sat 7:00pm4.7 ft3.2–5.9 ft7.1 ftWNW · 14.2 s3.2 mph NE0.5 ft3
Sat 8:00pm4.6 ft3.1–5.7 ft6.9 ftWNW · 14.1 s3.3 mph NNE0.5 ft3
Sat 9:00pm4.7 ft3.0–5.6 ft7.1 ftWNW · 14.0 s3.2 mph NNE0.7 ft3

Model spread is not a confidence interval. Tide and wind are context, not new corrections to surf size. Larger sets and changing hazards remain possible.

This page reads the shared cache first. Refresh requests only this spot’s existing regional samples.

Know the spot

The Steps sandbar east of Devereux Point, mapped separately because local histories and guides treat it as its own option.

Also known as The Steps · Camino Majorca Sandbar.

Break type
Beach / sandbar
Wave direction
Shifting sandbar peak
Reported difficulty
Intermediate
Bottom
Sand over reef
Reported swell preference
W–NW
Reported tide preference
Low–mid; beach can vanish at high tide

The peak migrates with sand and may merge perceptually with Dreamies or Devereux. This marker represents the documented Camino Majorca / Steps zone, not a fixed reef takeoff.

Before paddling out: Narrow or submerged beach at high tide, bluff stairs, reef, current, tar and protected habitat nearby.

Camino Majorca public stairs Approximate sandbar about 100 m east of the point

Source references

Provenance is not proof that every inherited claim or current access condition has been rechecked.

THE FIELD GUIDE / Devereux Steps / Camino Majorca Sandbar

Read this stretch of coast.

Follow the swell window

The catalogue’s reported preference for Devereux Steps / Camino Majorca Sandbar is “W–NW”. Compare that description with each component’s incoming direction and period. An offshore swell number is a reference; the local wave still depends on the actual shoreline, bottom and tide.

Check the water level

Reported tide preference: Low–mid; beach can vanish at high tide. Follow the named NOAA station and its trend through your intended session, then inspect the entry and exit at the beach. A station prediction is not a water-level sensor at this takeoff.

Read the bottom and the lineup

Catalogue bottom: Sand over reef. Reported difficulty: Intermediate. Watch several sets before choosing where to enter, keep clear of riders, and compare the actual wave with your ability and equipment.

A useful note for next time

Record the section you actually surfed, the time, incoming swell direction and period, wind and tide trend. Add what the wave did: connected sections, closeouts, drift or exposed obstacles. Comparing that observation with the same model next time is more useful than treating one colored number as the whole session.

Camera references nearby

Campus Point ↗

The Surfers View · about 2.6 km from the catalogue pin · video-page

Publicly listed Campus Point surf view.

Links to third-party camera pages, not owned feeds. Proximity does not confirm the camera sees this break. Playback and image freshness have not been verified by this page.

Make the next session easier

Lineup etiquette · Paddling technique · How these forecasts work

Nearby spots to compare

PureSurfers is built by Peter Ochabski. Spot profiles combine retained sources and contributor observations; this is not a claim he has surfed or verified every entry.

COASTAL WAVE GUIDANCE

Waves at the model cells

Awaiting shared model data

Significant wave height (Hs) before the legacy spot reduction. This is not a measured breaking-face or set range.

Nearshore and buoy trends load here. Coverage and observation times are shown separately.