Lincoln City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.94° N 124.03° W

Issued: 10 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lincoln City sea temperature is

12.1°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 (06 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with W swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lincoln City at 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (06 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (06 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 6						Wednesday 7								Thursday 8
	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	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 11	W 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 16	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	229	229	177	170	170	293	319	302	302	334	394	475	1212	1376	1357	1243	1077	1044	894	880	745	699
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	N	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide		10:24AM1.71m				9:53PM1.83m					11:02AM1.83m			10:55PM1.84m					11:36AM1.95m
Low Tide				4:29PM0.53m				4:56AM0.01m					5:24PM0.35m				5:39AM0.07m				6:11PM0.19m


	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	17	18	16	14	14	13	13	13	18	17	15	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	15	12	12
Feels °C	11	16	16	13	12	12	11	12	12	16	15	12	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	12	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 11	W 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12
kJ	229	229	177	170	170	293	319	302	302	334	394	443	1212	1376	1357	1243	1077	1044	894	880	745	699
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	WNW 16	WNW 16	SW 13	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16
kJ	99	97	89	87	85	85	84	84	83	83	234	475	59	114	155	154	154	194	192	188	177	167
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 10	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WSW 21	WSW 20	SW 20	SW 19	WNW 18	SW 13	SW 13	SW 19	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	10	37	36	68	65	43	40	60	95	121	83	83	127	59	59	42	39	37	37	36	36	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6
kJ	22	25	35	67	95	118	102	71	62	55	65	71	104	141	124	111	115	82	66	77	93	74
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	1	22	358	353	1	1	1	1	1	91	269	353	22	22	22	1	1	22	353	337	113	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2			2	3	3	3	3	3			4	4	4	4	4	4			3	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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