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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	Thu		Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
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	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point 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	The Patch CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	13	14	12	9	11	12	13	10	9	7	11	11	11	11	11	20	18	17	16
Energy(?)	459	593	144	122	103	167	1293	4454	165	1278	1078	586	885	914	816	660	319	359	582	968	2704	2415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 1.72	8:55AM 2.64		11:25PM 1.80	9:35AM 2.08		12:10AM 1.51	10:26AM 2.02		12:39AM 1.54	11:17AM 1.91		1:21AM 1.55	12:07PM 1.75		2:01AM 1.57	1:00PM 1.55	1:46PM 1.15	3:26AM 1.18		2:12PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 1.33		4:31PM -0.16	3:43AM 1.30		5:12PM -0.48		4:46AM 0.84	5:44PM -0.44		5:41AM 0.79	6:27PM -0.34		6:38AM 0.74		7:09PM -0.20	7:39AM 0.68		9:03PM 0.02	9:55AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	4	-	6	15	3	1	26	-	-	4	10	17	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	12	12	11	11	13	15	14	12	11	12	8	11	11
Low °C	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	12	15	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	11	11	9	7	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	15	11	11	8	8	12	15	14	12	9	9	4	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 S	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	2.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	7	10	14	9	12	16	12	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	10	13	10	12	17	16	4	13	8	12	12	6	6	6	14	21	20	10	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	3.5 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.6 SE	-	-	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	10	-	9	11	4	-	-	5	7	6	6	-	-	-	4	6	11	-

	Thursday 01				Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Russian Rivermouth CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek 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	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.4 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 S	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	631	714	344	663	608	236	535	548	111	122	68	128	103	118	178	167	211	216	2174	4717	4454	6891
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)					10:36PM 1.74			8:56AM 2.12					11:13PM 1.48			9:35AM 2.08					12:42AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38PM -0.08				2:54AM 0.92					4:11PM -0.48			3:50AM 0.89					6:10PM -0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	3	3
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 S	0.5 W	2.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	11	11	11	7	11	11	7	10	8	13	14	14	9	9	12	14	16	11	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.0 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	-	0.2 WSW	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	12	11	15	15	15	11	14	14	10	13	13	10	10	18	13	12	18	10	-	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	-	-	9	9	11	11	11	7

	Thursday 01													Friday 02
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Russian Rivermouth CAL - Sonoma	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Salmon Creek 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	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	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6
Energy(?)	663	453	416	652	431	248	662	656	255	255	268	219	219	240	240	236	236	236	371	376	355	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													10:26PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)						3:23PM -0.41											2:54AM 0.92		4:06AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 S	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	8	12	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	19	19	12	12	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	7	-	7	6	6	6	6

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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