Salmon Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Salmon Creek

Salmon Creek in Sonoma is an exposed beach break that has very consistent surf Works best in offshore winds from the east southeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is falling. It's sometimes crowded here. Take care of rips, rocks, locals and sharks.

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Overall Salmon Creek 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Salmon Creek:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Doran Beach	4 mi
Second closest break	Goat Rock	7 mi
Third closest break	Russian Rivermouth	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Dillon Beach	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Shark Pit_1	9 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Salmon Creek:
Closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	15 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	43 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	69 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	PT Arena Buoy	76 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	114 mi
Tide stations nearest to Salmon Creek:
Closest tide station	Bodega Harbor entrance, California	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Tomales Bay entrance, California	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Tomales Bay Entrance, California (2)	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Tomales Bay Entrance, California	10 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Blakes Landing, Tomales Bay, California	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Salmon Creek:
Closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	158 mi
Second closest ski area	Soda Springs (United States)	160 mi
Third closest ski area	Boreal Mountain (United States)	162 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sugar Bowl (United States)	162 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Donner Ski Ranch (United States)	162 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Salmon Creek:
Closest city location	Bodega Bay (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Occidental (United States)	7 mi
Third closest city location	Monte Rio (United States)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Guerneville (United States)	11 mi
Fifth closest city location	Graton (United States)	12 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Salmon Creek is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 100 km (62 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Salmon Creek is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 102 km (63 miles) away.
• Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 102 km (63 miles) away.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) in USA is 134 km (83 miles) away.
• Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Salmon Creek and is 138 km (86 miles) away.