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

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	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls 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	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	0	0	4	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	15	16	16	15	8	10	10	10	9	9	6	8	16	13	13	12	6	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	636	471	610	427	462	1606	1834	1364	741	210	569	373	312	237	101	151	63	488	276	915	651	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.69	6:03AM 1.83					9:32PM 1.23			9:19PM 1.45			9:45PM 1.55	10:16AM 1.47					10:58PM 1.86	12:39PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50PM 0.61		12:49AM 1.50	1:40PM 0.59					3:34AM 0.55			3:24AM 0.39		3:25PM 0.12	4:04AM 0.18		4:13PM 0.19		7:25AM 0.13	4:39PM 0.33		6:38AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	1	1	2	8	10	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	10	10	12	11	13	13	11	13	13	10	14	13	12	12	17	16	16
Low °C	12	14	12	12	7	9	10	12	10	10	12	9	9	13	8	9	13	7	6	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	11	10	8	7	10	8	12	11	8	12	11	7	12	10	10	12	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SW	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	1.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	17	15	16	16	15	8	15	10	10	9	14	14	10	16	13	13	14	12	9	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	12	6	12	16	12	15	15	15	18	18	14	13	13	12	12	15	12	18	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	8	10	-	-	-	9	6	8	5	6	5	4	6	-	9	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	6:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	4	4	4	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	6	8	9	9	10	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	659	636	524	471	500	528	604	692	548	593	520	462	590	393	974	2266	1846	1824	340	1052	673	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						8:31PM 1.69			6:35AM 1.22					8:27PM 1.27			7:25AM 1.39					9:40PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.61				12:49AM 1.50				1:39PM 0.59				2:00AM 0.74					2:09PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	7	3	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	7	10	11	9	9	8	10	15	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	3	8	8	6	7	7	10	15	9	9	9
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	6	7	8	9	10	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	12	16	19	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	4	5	6	6	6	8	9	7	7	-	-	-	-

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	4:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	4	4	4	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	15	12	16	12	16
Energy(?)	714	665	659	653	549	636	529	541	490	510	492	359	471	401	391	297	530	528	974	377	281	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															7:56PM 1.21	8:20PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)								12:50PM 0.61	1:18PM 0.09													2:17AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	22	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	7	13	13	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	-	7	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	6	7

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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