Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.19° N 123.97° W

Issued: 10 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda sea temperature is

12.0°C

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda 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 Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda at 3PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	10s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (29 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu morning, min 6°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 29						Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	711	522	490	452	394	335	322	318	314	314	318	318	326	344	349	344	314	305	301	301	301	301
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	S	S	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	WNW	NNW	ESE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	on	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide				2:43PM2.63m				4:55AM1.89m				3:35PM2.50m					6:02AM1.85m			4:38PM2.32m
Low Tide		9:03AM0.90m				10:18PM-0.34m				9:57AM0.97m					11:17PM-0.25m				11:05AM1.01m


	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—
mm	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	8	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	10	11	11	8	8	7	7	6	9	11	10	10	9
Feels °C	5	8	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	5	5	3	4	3	7	9	8	8	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 8	SW 15	WNW 8	WNW 11	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	711	522	490	452	394	270	244	207	194	161	147	318	143	183	349	344	314	305	301	301	301	301
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	NW 8	SW 15	SW 15	WNW 11	SW 5	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12
kJ	306	367	367	362	358	335	322	318	314	314	318	100	326	344	146	23	222	198	195	186	175	169
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 15	WNW 15	SW 5	WNW 11	SW 5	SW 5	WSW 6	WSW 6	WSW 6	W 6
kJ	183	169	167	129	129	156	119	115	73	73	71	66	42	42	17	101	25	25	32	28	26	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 3	S 3	—	—	—	S 4	—	S 2	S 3	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	SE 3	ESE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	3	6	—	—	—	1	—	1	3	6	17	18	17	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Long Beach Peninsula Washington	Long Beach Peninsula Washington	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Seaside Point Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Distance (km)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	153	153	27	27	27	27	27	27	85	27	27	27
Best forecast wave conditions in North Oregon	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef			Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Seaside Cove	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3			2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Off the Wall/Insanities HAW - Oahu	Off the Wall/Insanities HAW - Oahu	Magics HAW - Big Island	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Magics HAW - Big Island	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Ranches HAW - Oahu
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Easter Reef Australia	Shipstern Bluff Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Nine Mile New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal
Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda today (29 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website