Ocean Beach surf break

Ocean Beach surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Ocean Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Beach sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach at 4AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)158889101010101111111111101010101091010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199232251313528717746703564575521460404379316250186183145110107109107100
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.86
10:08AM
1.60
9:08PM
1.83
10:41AM
1.63
10:00PM
1.77
11:10AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
-0.06
3:14PM
0.68
3:46AM
-0.05
4:00PM
0.53
4:23AM
0.01
4:43PM
0.40
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:12-------7:09
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C191715161516171616161515151617161616161515171817
Feels °C (?)171614151314141314141414141414131515161515161614
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Marin County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ocean Beach (light winds from the SSW at Central Sunset wx 3 km from Ocean Beach). 1.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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