Stinson Beach surfForecast / CAL – Marin County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Stinson Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stinson Beach sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stinson Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Stinson Beach at 11AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

Table - waves today at Stinson Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616108881010101010111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237232232173226212214170217321495663690647564511521460404328316250186179
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
1.08
8:49PM
1.27
10:42AM
1.12
9:47PM
1.27
11:16AM
1.16
10:38PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
-0.03
3:41PM
0.51
4:29AM
-0.02
4:34PM
0.43
5:10AM
0.00
5:19PM
0.35
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C161718222220171615151517171615151516161718181615
Feels °C (?)151718212018151514141515151515151516161617171615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Marin County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stinson Beach (calm at Fairfax wx 9 km from Stinson Beach). 0.8m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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