Lincoln City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.94° N 124.03° W

Issued: 4 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lincoln City sea temperature is

13.2°C

Lincoln City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Lincoln City today (07 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lincoln City at 11AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Afternoon (07 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (07 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 7								Tuesday 8								Wednesday 9
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	WNW 11	SW 14	WNW 11	SW 13	SW 13	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 7	NW 7	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	167	167	167	167	164	164	134	160	105	91	88	87	87	129	167	159	157	155	181	198	224	278	322	317
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				10:58AM1.56m				9:55PM2.05m					11:39AM1.69m			10:56PM2.08m					12:15PM1.80m
Low Tide		4:33AM-0.10m				4:23PM0.70m					5:26AM-0.15m				5:24PM0.55m				6:11AM-0.16m				6:17PM0.39m


	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	13	17	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	19	19	18	14	14	14	15	15	19	20	17	14	13
Feels °C	13	11	13	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	15	12	13	13	14	14	18	18	15	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	NW 7	WNW 11	NW 7	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	NW 7	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12
kJ	62	62	64	49	48	46	54	43	105	39	88	58	56	55	87	61	85	85	181	198	224	278	322	317
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	WNW 11	WNW 11	SW 14	WNW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	NNW 7	NNW 7
kJ	167	167	167	167	164	164	109	93	93	91	88	87	87	87	32	31	29	17	102	67	42	40	30	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	SSW 14	SW 14	NW 7	SW 14	NW 7	NW 6	WSW 19	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	WNW 14	SW 13	SW 19	SW 16	SW 19	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	86	83	82	111	109	117	134	160	23	89	16	7	35	50	50	49	50	41	85	88	43	59	40	41
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	—	NW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 7	—	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	5	—	9	14	56	129	167	159	157	155	—	151	135	121	99	85
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Devil s Punch Beverly Beach Oregon North	Westport-The Cove Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Devil s Punch Beverly Beach Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Fort Canby A Jetty Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cape Elizabeth Washington	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Fort Canby A Jetty Washington	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Devil s Punch Beverly Beach Oregon North	Smugglers Cove Oregon North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2
Distance (km)	1	1	1	22	219	486	22	1	1	1	1	148	384	353	269	1	1	1	1	148	293	353	22	91
Best forecast wave conditions in North Oregon	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Devil s Punch Beverly Beach			Devil s Punch Beverly Beach	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef					Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef				Devil s Punch Beverly Beach	Smugglers Cove
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2					2	2	2	2				3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Peahi/Jaws HAW - Maui	Peahi/Jaws HAW - Maui	Peahi/Jaws HAW - Maui	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Tennis Courts HAW - Oahu	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Rockpiles HAW - Oahu	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Header Global	Supertubes Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Supertubes Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Gas Bay Australia	Saint Leu Reunion	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Saint Leu Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion	May's Point Australia	Etang-Sale Reunion	Papatowai New Zealand	Kaka Point New Zealand	Left Point Australia	Etang-Sale Reunion
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	9	8	8	7	6	6	9	5	5	9	9	7	7	9	8	5	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Ben Mondy

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lincoln City surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Lincoln City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Lincoln City today (07 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

Summer School: The Timeline of The Boardshort

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website