Salmon Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Sonoma County, USA)

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Salmon Creek Surf Guide

Salmon Creek in Sonoma is an exposed beach break that has very consistent surf Works best in offshore winds from the east southeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is falling. It's sometimes crowded here. Take care of rips, rocks, locals and sharks.

Salmon Creek Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	very consistent	12.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Salmon Creek:

The best conditions reported for surf at Salmon Creek occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-southeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Salmon Creek (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Salmon Creek with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 52% of the time in January while 43% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 5% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

52%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

43%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Salmon Creek Location Map

Interactive Salmon Creek surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Salmon Creek is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 100 km (62 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Salmon Creek is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 102 km (63 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Salmon Creek Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 01:16 Local Time

m, °C	Tue		Wed
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on

What does Salmon Creek look like?

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Credit: Seal rock Credit: Mike Stevens Credit: Mike Stevens Credit: Mike Stevens Credit: Mike Stevens

Tides at Salmon Creek

Current tide and informaton

For Bodega Harbor entrance, California, 6 km from Salmon Creek.

Next High Water: 01:26am | 1.55m

Next Low Water: 09:00am | -0.05m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Salmon Creek Sea Temperature

The water temperature (12.8 °C) at Salmon Creek is quite cold. If the sun shines as forecast, it should feel warm enough to get away with a good sealed spring wetsuit but you won't overheat in a winter wetsuit, gloves boots and a hood. Effective windchill factor of (14.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.