Needles Surf Forecast

/ Oregon North (24 breaks) / Oregon (49 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Needles surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT

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

Today's Needles sea temperature is 14.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Needles today?

The current surf forecast for Needles at 4AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	422	731	711	759	745	787	822	732	637	578	471	411	325	237	237	232	218	213	197	197	166	162	486	470
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	NNE	NE	ENE	E	SE	SW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:53PM 3.06					11:29AM 2.82			10:52PM 3.11					12:03PM 2.96				11:42PM 3.14				12:32PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)				4:51AM 0.53				5:00PM 1.50					5:34AM 0.53				5:47PM 1.27				6:11AM 0.58

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	15	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	16
Feels °C (?)	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	10	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	14	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oregon North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Needles (light winds from the NNW at Astoria Airport 31 km from Needles). 1.8m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 10s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 10 minutes ago Needles

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31 km away, 2 h 10 min ago

19 km/h

NNW

0.0

14.3

Air / Water (°C)

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