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Winter Sunset, Oswald State Park/Short Sands

4:46 pm 12 Jan 2012

Oswald State Park/Short Sands ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.3
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.8
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 3.2

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Oswald State Park/Short Sands Surf Forecast / USA

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 15 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Oswald State Park/Short Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.0
WNW
3.0
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.7
WNW
2.1
W
2.3
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2.3
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2.2
W
2.0
W
1.8
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3.0
W
Period (s) (?) 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 16 16 15 15 15
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

(?)
Max-energy 4688 4242 3699 2974 2507 1890 1543 1058 1461 1703 1676 1555 1265 1630 3203 3000 2868 3277
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE 10
SSE 10
SSW 15
SSE 15
SE 20
SSE 30
SSE 30
SSE 25
SSE 20
SSE 10
SSE 15
SE 20
ESE 15
ESE 20
ESE 25
ESE 35
SE 20
WSW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross cross-
off
cross cross-
off
cross cross-
off
cross-
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cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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cross-
on
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Oswald State Park/Short Sands blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb ebb
High Tide
/ height (m)



8:18PM
1.55



7:24AM
2.29



9:36PM
1.64



8:34AM
2.28


Low Tide
/ height (m)

2:18PM
0.11



1:40AM
0.76



3:29PM
0.04



3:03AM
0.77




 

Note: the tide data above is for Nehalem, Nehalem River, Oregon which is 8 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Oswald State Park/Short Sands. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Oswald State Park/Short Sands sea temperature is 8.5 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 9.4 max: 10.6 min: 7.4 °C)

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Summary some clouds clear clear some clouds cloudy cloudy cloudy some clouds cloudy some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear clear some clouds light rain light rain
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3
Temp. °C 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
Chill °C (?) 4 5 5 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 6
Sunrise - - - - - - - 7:16 - - - - - - - 7:15 - -
Sunset - 17:42 - - - - - - - 17:43 - - - - - - - 17:44
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