Salmon Creek surf break

Salmon Creek surfForecast / CAL – Sonoma / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 21 May 2026 PDT
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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
10.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Salmon Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Salmon Creek at 8AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 May)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 May)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (21 May)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WNW
11
2.1
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.5
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.5
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.4
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
0.6
SW
16
1
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1113
999
799
687
584
523
513
504
500
448
448
448
490
441
400
392
415
368
334
307
256
159
203
203
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
0
ESE
0
S
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
S
0
SSW
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
2:21AM1.72m
5:00PM1.41m
3:27AM1.55m
5:54PM1.46m
4:42AM1.37m
6:43PM1.53m
Low Tide
9:48AM-0.29m
10:15PM0.90m
10:46AM-0.15m
11:39PM0.78m
11:44AM0.00m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:22
8:22
Temp °C
13
12
14
17
17
16
12
10
9
10
11
15
16
15
12
11
11
11
12
14
15
14
11
10
12
11
13
16
15
14
10
9
8
8
9
13
14
13
11
10
9
9
9
11
12
12
10
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WNW
11
2.1
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.5
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.5
NW
10
1.4
NW
10
1.4
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
0.8
WNW
7
1
WNW
10
1
WNW
10
Energy kJ
1113
999
799
687
584
523
513
504
500
448
448
448
490
441
400
392
415
368
334
307
256
70
200
200
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.7
NW
10
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
Energy kJ
78
133
236
236
80
82
113
82
80
77
111
197
154
75
73
73
137
141
155
157
159
98
203
203
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
19
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
13
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
0.6
SW
16
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
12
Energy kJ
59
58
80
80
133
51
49
50
48
48
75
75
74
109
108
25
25
26
26
25
25
159
23
24
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
3
0.2
SSE
3
0.2
SSE
3
0.3
SE
3
0.2
S
3
Energy kJ
2
1
1
2
1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Distance (km)
0
0
0
80
37
37
37
0
0
0
0
0
39
33
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
7
7
6
6
7
8
6
7
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
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