Oswald State Park/Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Oswald State Park/Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.76° N 123.97° W

Issued: 10 pm 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Oswald State Park/Short Sands sea temperature is

13.8° C

1.1°C colder than average for this time of year

Oswald State Park/Short Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Oswald State Park/Short Sands today (05 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Oswald State Park/Short Sands at 3AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

Table - waves today at Oswald State Park/Short Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 4		Sunday 5								Monday 6								Tuesday 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	NW 8	WNW 7	WNW 7	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	NW 7	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 8	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	NW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 19
Wave Graph
kJ	78	120	117	154	154	173	210	215	199	217	229	204	257	489	433	433	382	178	236	207	172	148	148	184
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	5:22PM1.80m			4:20AM1.78m					5:54PM1.87m				5:16AM1.62m				6:29PM1.96m				6:25AM1.46m
Low Tide			11:30PM0.63m				11:44AM0.03m				00:28AM0.56m				12:19PM0.16m				1:31AM0.45m				12:59PM0.32m


	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—
	9:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	14	12	11	11	13	16	16	15	14	12	11	11	13	15	16	16
Feels °C	10	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	9	8	7	8	10	12	12	10	10	8	8	8	11	12	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	NW 8	WNW 7	WNW 7	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	NW 7	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 8	WNW 11	SW 18	WNW 11	WNW 11	NW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10
kJ	78	120	117	154	154	173	96	161	161	217	229	204	257	489	79	433	382	178	236	207	172	148	148	145
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 13	WNW 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	SW 18	SW 18	SW 14	SW 18	SW 18	WNW 11	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16
kJ	76	83	78	70	58	40	52	73	73	158	199	196	152	79	29	79	78	66	96	129	127	125	125	125
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	WNW 11	WNW 13	WNW 11	WSW 19	SW 19	SW 14	SW 18	SW 18	SW 24	SW 14	SW 23	SW 14	SW 21	SW 17	WNW 11	SW 21	SW 20	SW 20	SW 20	SW 19
kJ	63	68	66	48	40	59	23	37	57	53	112	111	22	29	20	29	72	106	41	71	66	98	134	184
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 4	—	—	—	—	—	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	9	—	—	—	—	—	210	215	199	—	—	—	—	—	433	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	428	428	267	267	179	131	268	444	428	267	114	114	114	294	444	992	444	114	57	0	0	382	382	288
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Rating (10 max)											3	3	3					3	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9

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