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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	1.3 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	6	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	8
Energy(?)	886	647	786	2275	1563	1698	862	795	312	295	805	601	565	709	843	829	1172	1083	413	276	393	662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			11:26PM 1.70	9:30AM 2.31		12:06AM 1.71	10:07AM 2.31		12:45AM 1.72	10:44AM 2.30		1:25AM 1.73	11:17AM 2.23		2:19AM 1.24	12:25PM 1.50		2:39AM 1.79	12:40PM 2.04		3:13AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		4:25PM -0.12	3:30AM 1.40		5:03PM 0.18		4:08AM 1.41	5:41PM 0.17		4:47AM 1.42	6:18PM 0.19		5:24AM 1.43	6:53PM -0.15	7:18PM -0.19	7:10AM 0.93		7:29PM 0.29	7:11AM 1.42		8:03PM 0.39	8:17AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	6	-	2	3	5	12	-	-	2	2	15	24	13	2	-	4	16	4
High °C	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	12	12	11	10	12	10	10	12	12	13	12
Low °C	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	14	15	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	11	11	12	11	9	11	9	9	10	9	10	9
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	7	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1295	1216	1038	886	787	647	626	693	786	891	1125	1469	1562	2042	1581	1380	1253	1080	1006	1358	776	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:17PM 1.20			8:53AM 2.28					11:26PM 1.70			9:30AM 2.31					12:35AM 1.23				10:07AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21AM 1.05					4:26PM 0.22			3:30AM 1.40					5:35PM -0.17				4:08AM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	11	10	11	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.4 W	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.3 NW	0.3 SSW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1301	1251	1326	1302	1325	1250	1250	1038	1038	1010	875	886	900	1011	813	784	689	647	647	857	626	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											8:53AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)					2:50AM 1.38														4:26PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

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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