Point Reyes Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Marin County, USA)

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Point Reyes Beach Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WSW | Wind SE

Sea Temperature Today is: 10.3 °C

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Saturday, 25 May 2013, 19:08 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 25
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on

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Point Reyes Beach in SF Marin is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Ideal winds are from the southeast with some shelter here from north winds. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Watch out for sharks, rips and rocks.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Point Reyes, California, 9 miles from Point Reyes Beach.

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Point Reyes Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-PRYC1, 7 km from Point Reyes Beach.

strong winds from the WNW

km/h

Air temperature
11.4 °C

Current weather near Point Reyes Beach

Buoy Data:

At Bodega Bay Buoy, 21 miles from Point Reyes Beach.

	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	6	5	6

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Overall Point Reyes Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Also see Point Reyes Beach surf quality by season and Point Reyes Beach surf quality by month.

Point Reyes Beach Location Maps

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Visitor Reviews of Point Reyes Beach

Jane from UNITED STATES writes:

Because it is way out on the Point Reyes Peninsula, and so exposed to the open ocean, the currents at this spot are exceptionally dangerous. The break is very shifty, and the currents can quickly pull you way outside.

2010-03-28

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Point Reyes Beach: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Drakes Estero	3 mi
Second closest break	Drakes Bay	4 mi
Third closest break	Shark Pit_1	12 mi
Fourth closest break	Dillon Beach	12 mi
Fifth closest break	Double Point	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Point Reyes Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	21 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	23 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	49 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	94 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	PT Arena Buoy	94 mi
Tide stations nearest to Point Reyes Beach:
Closest tide station	Point Reyes	6 mi
Second closest tide station	Inverness, Tomales Bay	7 mi
Third closest tide station	Marshall, Tomales Bay	8 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Reynolds, Tomales Bay	8 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Blakes Landing, Tomales Bay	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Point Reyes Beach:
Closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	162 mi
Second closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	163 mi
Third closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	163 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	165 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Soda Springs (United States)	165 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Point Reyes Beach:
Closest city location	Petaluma (United States)	22 mi
Second closest city location	Novato (United States)	23 mi
Third closest city location	Rohnert Park (United States)	24 mi
Fourth closest city location	San Rafael (United States)	25 mi
Fifth closest city location	Santa Rosa (United States)	29 mi

The closest passenger airport to Point Reyes Beach is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 73 km (45 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Point Reyes Beach is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 77 km (48 miles) away.
Third is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 95 km (59 miles) away.
Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA is 110 km (68 miles) away.
Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Point Reyes Beach and is 121 km (75 miles) away.

Point Reyes Beach break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Point Reyes Beach, CAL - SF Marin County. Use the tab navigation above to view Point Reyes Beach sea temperature, Point Reyes Beach photographs, Point Reyes Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Point Reyes Beach webcams, current wind from CAL - SF Marin County live weather stations and Point Reyes Beach tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Point Reyes Beach.

Point Reyes Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Marin County, USA)

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Overall Point Reyes Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

Point Reyes Beach Location Maps

Visitor Reviews of Point Reyes Beach

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