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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Sonoma County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach 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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	15	16	11	12	12	12	11	11	6	18	19	7	13	18	7	9	8	10	9	11	11	11
Energy	440	266	700	403	398	499	298	235	253	273	349	851	649	572	1062	1042	1478	1136	1896	749	581	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 1.55		4:39PM 1.12	1:58AM 1.47		6:35PM 1.16	3:41AM 1.00		6:03PM 1.22	4:10AM 1.29		6:55PM 1.27		5:58AM 0.91	7:15PM 1.37		6:29AM 1.20	7:46PM 1.47		7:58AM 1.19		8:16PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14AM -0.09		8:39PM 0.99	9:35AM -0.04		11:06PM 0.63	10:29AM 0.01		11:31PM 1.00	12:13PM 0.05		12:42AM 0.87	1:27PM 0.07		1:25AM 0.63	1:04PM 0.16		2:27AM 0.46		2:04PM 0.30	2:58AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	11	15	14	12	17	18	14	18	17	14	19	16	13	19	18	17	20	20	16
Low °C	11	11	11	10	11	13	9	12	18	11	13	16	11	14	15	13	15	17	16	18	19	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	9	14	13	10	16	17	12	17	16	12	19	15	11	19	18	16	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	18	10	16	13	11	18	15	8	16	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	14	14	6	14	13	13	17	15	14	20	16	18	14	18	16	13	16	9	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	11	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	6	7	7	9	8	10	9	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 06								Thursday 07								Friday 08
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	11	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	447	534	527	312	270	299	308	381	437	560	663	569	547	339	297	290	294	277	368	324	301	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:30AM 1.58					4:20PM 1.18				2:11AM 1.47					5:15PM 1.19			3:05AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	8:00PM 1.04					10:24AM -0.08				8:53PM 1.07				10:47AM -0.03				9:53PM 0.99				10:29AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	11	12	14	14	12	10	10	9	10	13	15	14	12	10	10	9	10	17
Chill °C (?)	11	9	10	10	11	11	13	12	10	8	10	8	9	12	14	12	10	8	8	7	8	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	-	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5

	Tuesday 05						Wednesday 06
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	15	15	12	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	496	511	512	341	342	391	377	294	311	383	399	382	378	302	270	270	266	266	437	529	529	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									1:13AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 0.93													8:46AM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	11	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	11	11	11

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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