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		Wed	Thu	Wed	Thursday 14			Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon	Sun	Monday 18			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Double Point CAL - Marin County	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Timber Cove CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 WNW	0.9 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW
Period(s)	11	12	11	16	12	11	8	9	9	14	17	15	14	13	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	733	417	1114	284	1448	1172	1067	612	1212	467	1001	1251	731	444	1038	234	660	1030	800	1619	2533	1581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 1.59	10:15AM 1.21		9:00PM 1.72	10:13AM 1.28		9:21PM 1.83	11:48AM 0.96		1:24PM 1.13	1:42AM 0.45		1:57PM 1.22	1:04PM 1.80		11:35PM 2.60		2:40PM 0.99	12:54AM 1.76		3:07PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 0.17	2:58AM 0.18		5:37AM 0.30	3:55AM -0.02		3:23PM 0.46	4:25AM -0.26	5:37AM -0.18	6:14AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14		6:13AM -0.10	7:09AM 0.09		7:03AM -0.54	7:42PM 0.52		7:55AM -0.50	7:45PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	12	21	13	15	14	14	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	18	18	15	18	18
Low °C	13	11	12	19	10	11	13	10	11	15	15	15	16	16	11	16	11	14	17	12	14	17
Chill °C (?)	12	13	9	21	10	15	12	12	13	16	16	16	17	17	14	17	14	18	17	14	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	7:07	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	5:58	7:11	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 W	0.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	14	16	13	16	10	16	15	14	13	15	14	13	14	12	10	10	18	16	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 NW	1.0 SW	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	14	19	12	18	13	16	18	18	4	17	-	4	-	18	23	13	13	13	17	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 ENE	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	0.7 E	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	5	11	4	12	11	8	9	9	3	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	10	10	9	9

	Tue		Wed	Tue	Wednesday 13					Thu	Wed		Thursday 14								Fri
	2PM	5PM	12:30PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	9:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Double Point CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Timber Cove CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	Timber Cove CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	529	733	76	650	417	408	663	1114	1164	284	655	537	1448	1704	2544	1172	742	1067	796	2183	612	1866
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:23PM 0.70	8:34PM 1.62				10:15AM 1.21				8:47PM 1.71				10:13AM 1.28				9:21PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		3:02PM 0.17				2:58AM 0.18								4:31AM -0.05				3:23PM 0.46				4:25AM -0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	21	12	11	12	11	12	14	19	13	9	10	10	11	15	15	13	14	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	21	10	9	10	8	9	12	19	11	6	9	10	11	15	14	10	12	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	15	14	12	12	12	11	14	13	16	12	12	13	11	11	16	10	10	16	9	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	11	7	15	14	14	14	19	14	12	13	13	18	13	17	13	16	16	20	16	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WNW	0.2 E	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 ENE	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	3	5	5	5	5	11	11	4	6	6	12	8	11	11	9	8	8	9	9	9

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	12PM	1PM	6:30AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	1:30PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	Mystos CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	The Fort CAL - Sonoma	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	2	2	1	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	604	219	529	552	727	733	733	76	76	556	631	650	631	405	417	383	431	408	379	667	663	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									12:23PM 0.70	8:34PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)					3:02PM 0.17											2:58AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	20	21	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	12	11	11	10	20	21	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	7	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	11	11	11	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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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