Oswald State Park/Short Sands surf break

Oswald State Park/Short Sands surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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Oswald State Park/Short Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oswald State Park/Short Sands sea temperature is
11.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Oswald State Park/Short Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Oswald State Park/Short Sands at 10AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1413121211111110101010991615151414141313111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4806436576174834153883143922842211761731982342843714253954751077128712811500
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
5
SE
5
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
NW
15
N
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
2.45
4:41PM
1.74
3:37AM
2.37
5:46PM
1.66
4:31AM
2.23
6:56PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
-0.37
10:16PM
0.63
11:33AM
-0.32
11:12PM
0.70
12:35PM
-0.23
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:20-------6:20-------6:18-----
Sunset------8:07-------8:08-------8:10-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------3521----1-111--
Temp. °C121111121212111111101010101110101010101010999
Feels °C (?)910911910108968881010975545445
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