Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda today (23 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda at 3AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (23 Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) | 11s |
| Evening (23 Sep) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 662 | 619 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 638 | 822 | 978 | 937 | 1075 | 923 | 785 | 661 | 625 | 541 | 541 | 485 | 386 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:20PM2.02m | 11:43AM1.91m | 11:08PM2.09m | 12:08PM2.03m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:27AM0.11m | 5:35PM0.67m | 5:59AM0.10m | 6:14PM0.49m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 662 | 619 | 540 | 540 | 540 | 638 | 822 | 978 | 937 | 1075 | 923 | 785 | 661 | 625 | 541 | 541 | 485 | 386 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 306 | 248 | 242 | 348 | 352 | 352 | 352 | 245 | 242 | 236 | 227 | 215 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 255 | 171 | 169 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 12 | S 12 | — | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | — | — | — | W 16 | W 16 | W 16 | — | W 21 | W 15 | W 15 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 9 | 17 | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 4 | NNE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 3 | SSE 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 85 | 120 | 335 | 330 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 121 | 27 | 27 | 63 |
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