Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf break

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda sea temperature is
11.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda today?

The current surf forecast for Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda at 11AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
1
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)121213121212111117161716151516161414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2892282091461471079768151198200257302435250320282341346356351273257246
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
E
0
NE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
N
0
N
5
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12AM
2.44
12:32AM
1.87
10:54AM
2.48
1:02AM
1.93
11:33AM
2.51
1:31AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.14
5:54PM
-0.06
5:21AM
1.09
6:29PM
-0.13
6:02AM
1.03
7:03PM
-0.17
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-7:50-------7:50-------7:48------
Sunset---5:00-------5:01-------5:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C910131210987781212910109991212101099
Feels °C (?)4598543234101066656610108756
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