Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.19° N 123.97° W

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda sea temperature is
11.3°C
1.2° 

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda today (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda at 12AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (28 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s

Table - waves today at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
9
2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
1.9
NW
8
2.1
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
10
2.2
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
10
2
WNW
10
2
WNW
10
1.8
NW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
270
372
433
464
541
534
541
522
771
894
932
855
788
748
625
511
480
421
358
335
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
W
15
SW
25
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
WSW
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
glassy
off
cross-off
High Tide
1:16PM2.70m
2:58AM2.02m
1:57PM2.70m
3:54AM1.96m
2:43PM2.63m
Low Tide
8:36PM-0.39m
8:16AM0.80m
9:25PM-0.40m
9:03AM0.90m
10:18PM-0.34m
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:50
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1
2
2
1
2
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Temp °C
12
12
11
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
10
9
8
8
7
10
12
11
9
8
Feels °C
9
9
8
6
8
8
8
9
8
9
8
6
5
5
4
7
9
9
6
5
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