Needles Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.88° N 123.97° W

Needles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Needles sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.4° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Needles at 10PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (07 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
16
1
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
13
1.5
WNW
13
1.5
WNW
13
1.4
WNW
13
1.4
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.2
WNW
12
1.1
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
2.1
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
359
416
425
1138
1075
998
816
710
710
614
558
459
452
380
355
429
303
550
734
798
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:01AM3.04m
10:56PM3.04m
11:35AM3.19m
11:49PM3.08m
12:08PM3.31m
Low Tide
4:59PM1.16m
5:15AM0.70m
5:46PM0.87m
5:54AM0.81m
6:28PM0.63m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:24
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Temp °C
19
16
14
14
13
13
13
15
16
15
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
16
12
11
11
10
10
10
12
13
12
13
14
15
15
12
11
10
9
9
8
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