Needles Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.88° N 123.97° W

Needles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Needles sea temperature is
15.3°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Needles today (10 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Needles at 11PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)--
Afternoon (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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)
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
1.1
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
192
190
238
296
258
362
354
307
307
258
258
299
291
273
262
220
217
211
206
206
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
W
10
SE
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SE
5
NE
5
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
12:48PM3.20m
00:42AM3.34m
1:21PM3.32m
1:30AM3.25m
1:53PM3.38m
Low Tide
6:42PM0.96m
7:03AM0.46m
7:26PM0.76m
7:39AM0.64m
8:09PM0.63m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:35
7:32
 mm
2
5
1
Temp °C
15
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
16
15
14
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
12
Feels °C
12
13
12
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
14
12
11
12
12
11
11
12
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Needles 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.


Nearest locationNearest