Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surf break

Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda surfForecast / Oregon North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
14.4° 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 7AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)61212111110101010101010101111111111101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)692134835244854433532842342302342883274234955084411149110712321459148214021149
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
S
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
1.76
8:48PM
2.21
10:58AM
1.87
9:58PM
2.23
11:38AM
1.97
10:57PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
-0.01
3:13PM
0.99
4:23AM
-0.04
4:26PM
0.85
5:15AM
-0.06
5:23PM
0.69
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:22-------7:21--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515222218171414141417171614131212131515151311
Feels °C (?)141212202016161313141416151311109910121111108
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Oregon North

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda (moderate winds from the ENE at Tillamook Municipal Airport 28 km from Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda). 0.8m 13s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.7m 6s windswell from the NNW and a 0.5m 8s swell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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28 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

28 km/h
ENE
0.0
14.4
Air / Water (°C)
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