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Needles surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 PST
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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
10.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Needles today?

The current surf forecast for Needles at 5PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
!
!
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131313131212121212121616151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5548548449764054332227752328212419091675162214391292115510279252667335336723289273322121919746
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
WNW
5
N
5
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NW
10
E
10
NNE
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffoffoffoffglasscrossglassoffoffglassoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
2.96
9:00PM
2.19
7:45AM
2.96
10:11PM
2.29
8:37AM
3.00
11:01PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23PM
1.01
1:18AM
1.85
3:19PM
0.86
2:27AM
1.92
4:07PM
0.70
3:28AM
1.93
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-7:54-------7:54-------7:54------
Sunset---4:52-------4:53-------4:55----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111213131213131313141415131312111110121111111110
Feels °C (?)68101110121111111313141312111198988897
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