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 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.1° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda at 12AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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)
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.6
WNW
14
1.4
WNW
14
1.5
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
13
1.9
WNW
13
2.2
WNW
13
2.2
WNW
13
2.3
WNW
13
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
2
WNW
12
1.9
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
969
1083
969
799
817
983
1226
1631
1631
1677
1474
1220
1096
980
874
859
689
560
540
595
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
NE
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:54PM2.50m
2:57AM2.03m
2:28PM2.54m
3:51AM1.92m
3:07PM2.53m
Low Tide
8:52PM-0.11m
8:40AM0.58m
9:39PM-0.16m
9:19AM0.73m
10:31PM-0.15m
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clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
14
14
12
12
12
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
14
12
13
Feels °C
12
14
11
10
10
12
12
12
13
14
15
16
15
13
13
13
12
11
10
12
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