Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf break

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 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
11.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s 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 (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
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
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
Period(s) (?)111717161716151516161414141414141313131320191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97101151198200257381429250320282341346351289273257246238186276267528632
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
0
NE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
0
ENE
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
1.87
10:54AM
2.48
1:02AM
1.93
11:33AM
2.51
1:31AM
1.98
12:12PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
1.09
6:29PM
-0.13
6:02AM
1.03
7:03PM
-0.17
6:42AM
0.96
7:34PM
-0.19
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---7:50-------7:48-------7:48----
Sunset-----5:01-------5:02-------5:04--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C877912129998891212101099891212109
Feels °C (?)3225910555446101077554510975
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