Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf break

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
10.3° C
(Which is 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 9AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (12 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4
W
2.5
W
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.3
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101078101011111010101010109109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4098330714011103106910611026832720604735763663712690560498340286489623249408383
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
20
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
15
WSW
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
1.96
10:33PM
1.55
8:26AM
1.97
11:12PM
1.64
9:33AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
1.14
3:24PM
0.29
2:48AM
1.12
4:23PM
0.20
4:05AM
1.03
5:08PM
0.10
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--7:33-------7:31-------7:30-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:17-------7:20--
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1265331---32366432-------
Temp. °C11976651011111111111077667778875
Feels °C (?)455443554444744321112221
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