Ocean Beach surf break

Ocean Beach surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°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 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)--
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
4
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
NW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
NW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
NW
Period(s) (?)11111111889888991010101010101099101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20519820525720931057539461299612891126171594376170610707118167567007178761049
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
W
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.53
12:45AM
1.83
1:45PM
1.45
1:22AM
1.89
2:49PM
1.36
2:05AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.36
7:05AM
-0.08
6:54PM
0.55
7:56AM
-0.11
7:36PM
0.75
8:55AM
-0.11
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:09-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252218151413141616161311111112131212101010101012
Feels °C (?)23201613131214151312981010111297546679
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