Lincoln City surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Lincoln City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lincoln City sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lincoln City today?

The current surf forecast for Lincoln City at 7AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Lincoln City. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111101010109989999912121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113112131279132215371514150012911008851673520440396295330300280262232655713671583
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
onglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
1.68
10:50PM
1.92
12:05PM
1.77
11:41PM
1.91
12:34PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
-0.05
5:24PM
0.56
6:00AM
-0.04
6:11PM
0.43
6:37AM
0.00
6:53PM
0.31
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:56-------6:58-------7:00-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:19-------7:17--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312161616121111101116161612111111121718171514
Feels °C (?)101091312129888914141411101010111617171613
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oregon North

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Lincoln City (fresh winds from the N at BUOY-NWPO3 37 km from Lincoln City). 1.9m 11s groundswell from the NW with a 1.6m 6s windswell from the N and a 0.6m 9s swell from the WSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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37 km/h
N
0.0
13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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