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Omaha Beach and Bar Surf Photo: 'davids winning wave' by david van der merwe

Issued: 12 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Omaha Beach and Bar sea temperature is

15.1°C

0.0°

Omaha Beach and Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	NNW	N	NE	N
	10 s	glass	2 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	NNW	NNW	NE	N
	10 s	cross- off	2 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	N
	3 s	cross- off	3 s	10 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	N	NNW	NE	NE
	4 s	cross	4 s	10 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	N	N	NE	E
	5 s	cross	5 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	N	N	NE	E
	6 s	cross	6 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	NNW	N	NE	E
	6 s	cross- off	6 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	NW	N	NE	E
	6 s	cross- off	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	W		N	NE
	7 s	off		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	WNW	W	N	ENE
	7 s	cross- off	3 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	WSW	WNW	N	ENE
	7 s	glass	3 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	WNW	WNW	N	ENE
	7 s	cross- off	2 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	WNW	NW	N	ENE
	7 s	off	3 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W	WNW	N	ENE
	3 s	off	3 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	W	WNW	N	ENE
	3 s	off	3 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	WNW	WNW	N	ENE
	4 s	off	4 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	WNW	NW	ENE
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Omaha Beach and Bar around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 43 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.2m (3.9 ft). Range 2.75m (9.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Omaha Beach and Bar Surf Photo: 'davids winning wave' by david van der merwe

Surf comp at Omaha that started off choppy but ended up like this

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User: david van der merwe (1 photo)

Country: New Zealand (2477 photos)

Photo taken at: 12:30 am 8 Aug 2010

michael innes
sweet wave gee haha i was looking at the forecast and then i saw this picture and i was like hey isnt that dave? haha