Pomponio State Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Pomponio State Beach in San Mateo is an exposed beach break that has consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the east. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Rarely crowded here. Take care of rips and sharks.

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Overall Pomponio State Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Pomponio State Beach surf quality by season and Pomponio State Beach surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pomponio State Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Pescadero State Beach	2 mi
Second closest break	San Gregorio State Beach	2 mi
Third closest break	Bean Hollow State Beach	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Gazos Creek	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Francis Beach	11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pomponio State Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	26 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	35 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	40 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	81 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	111 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pomponio State Beach:
Closest tide station	Ano Nuevo Island, California	14 mi
Second closest tide station	Princeton, Half Moon Bay, California	15 mi
Third closest tide station	Half Moon Bay, California	15 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Granite Rock, Redwood Creek, San Francisco Bay, Cal	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Smith Slough, San Francisco Bay, California	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pomponio State Beach:
Closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	148 mi
Second closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	153 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	154 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	160 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	163 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pomponio State Beach:
Closest city location	Portola Valley (United States)	11 mi
Second closest city location	Half Moon Bay (United States)	12 mi
Third closest city location	Woodside (United States)	13 mi
Fourth closest city location	Emerald Lake Hills (United States)	14 mi
Fifth closest city location	El Granada (United States)	15 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Pomponio State Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA, 35 km (22 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Pomponio State Beach is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), also in USA, 36 km (22 miles) away.
• Third is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 43 km (27 miles) away.
• Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 50 km (31 miles) away.
• Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Pomponio State Beach and is 116 km (72 miles) away.