Sonoma County Surf

Detailed Sonoma County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Sonoma County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Sonoma County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Sonoma County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Sonoma County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Sonoma County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Sonoma County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Sonoma County coastline are also listed below.

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	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	11	10	10	11	11	13	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	12	14	14	12
Energy(?)	4273	2538	340	77	2826	2948	5532	6259	2878	2664	1203	707	315	438	378	166	126	145	95	447	314	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 1.39	12:30PM 1.55		2:51AM 1.43		1:30PM 1.88	3:45AM 1.93		2:29PM 1.27		4:04AM 1.59	3:56PM 1.14		4:44AM 1.69	6:23PM 0.80		5:26AM 1.80		7:59PM 0.83	6:12AM 1.91		8:31PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 0.94		7:43PM -0.09	8:13AM 0.87		8:37PM 0.52	9:39AM 0.82		9:08PM 0.19	10:39AM 0.58		9:58PM 0.37	11:47AM 0.36		12:08AM 0.35	12:47PM 0.12	1:58PM 0.07	1:07AM 0.45		1:42PM -0.11	12:55AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	24	-	3	16	2	7	7	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	14	13	10	10	10	9	13	13	11	12	14	12
Low °C	11	12	13	12	12	13	11	12	11	9	12	13	8	9	9	8	9	12	9	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	14	12	9	9	8	8	12	12	10	11	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.5 S	1.8 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	2.4 W	1.6 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	10	9	11	11	11	12	15	13	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	10	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.7 W	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	12	12	14	18	-	-	15	9	9	8	8	14	14	10	9	9	14	8	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	-	-	9	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 W	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	505	399	299	293	289	2811	1979	1427	180	119	77	60	71	43	2854	2948	4954	9372	5324	1472	4931	5792
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:15AM 1.39			12:40PM 2.04					2:51AM 1.43				2:14PM 1.05				3:27AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05PM -0.16				7:11AM 1.42				7:43PM -0.09				8:13AM 0.87				9:39PM 0.04				9:25AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	2	8	8	6	-	-	-	1	2	3	5	6	2	2	1	1	12	5	1	1	3	7
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	11	11	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	13	13	11	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	10	9	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.7 WNW	1.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	1.8 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	8	16	16	19	12	12	12	15	11	14	14	13	18	18	18	-	10	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.2 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	11	11

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	4.0 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	10	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	514	513	505	431	399	904	904	3491	299	299	304	293	293	289	2186	1908	647	1545	1485	559	559	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											2:15AM 1.39										12:30PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				7:05PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	3	3	4	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	12	11	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	20	16	16	19	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sonoma County Surf Breaks

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Surfing isn't the first thing that springs to mind when you look at the Sonoma coast. Large cliffs, rocky coves and deep waters make it a nightmare to get to a wave never mind surf one. Local knowledge is a must in this area as surfable beaches are very few and far between. Salmon Creek is the most well known spot, where most surfers will congregate. Secret spots are hidden all up and down but finding them from the top of the cliffs that line highway 1 will be no easy task. Scope out where you're going first, a surfers leg is high on a Great White Shark's lunch list.

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