Salmon Creek surf break

Salmon Creek surfForecast / CAL – Sonoma / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 PST
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Salmon Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salmon Creek sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Salmon Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Salmon Creek at 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (14 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Salmon Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.2
W
1.3
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)121212171716161514141414131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9207737818619802002195218041463127911581014794771673673582690599564453439365294
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
0
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
1.73
9:58PM
1.28
7:49AM
1.77
10:34PM
1.32
8:31AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
1.05
2:52PM
0.02
2:20AM
1.07
3:31PM
-0.06
3:04AM
1.06
4:06PM
-0.12
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:28-------7:26-------7:26----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
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)
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Temp. °C131212131616141313121214181916141413121418181413
Feels °C (?)1210912151513111199111517141211991116171212
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