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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	15	10	12	14	14	13	12	14	17	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1801	3710	2173	1851	1256	1849	844	646	782	248	1091	2161	5728	2875	2028	2185	3229	6570	5050	3600	3415	1896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 1.73		11:05PM 1.27	8:46AM 1.75		10:35PM 1.32	9:11AM 1.76		12:06AM 0.95	10:24AM 1.27		12:45AM 1.20	10:46AM 1.58		1:02AM 1.31	11:20AM 1.55		1:48AM 1.34	11:36AM 1.80		2:43AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 0.57		3:35PM 0.06			4:04PM 0.34	3:27AM 0.82		4:36PM 0.27		5:12AM 0.56	5:14PM -0.10		5:26AM 0.93	5:48PM -0.11		6:01AM 0.97	6:59PM -0.12		5:45AM 1.10		7:18PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	26	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	11	13	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	13	11	15	12	12	16	14	13
Low °C	11	11	12	9	12	11	9	11	12	10	11	10	9	11	12	10	13	12	11	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	12	10	8	11	10	10	8	9	9	13	13	10	15	11	12	16	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	11	12	11	11	16	10	10	14	12	10	12	14	14	13	12	14	17	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	18	12	12	12	16	15	15	4	15	14	14	13	13	14	21	15	15	14	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	542	545	1554	93	924	6864	4502	2370	1113	1358	1357	1642	1429	1256	1094	1076	1087	1053	2746	1466	753	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:52PM 1.28				8:28AM 2.21					10:32PM 0.94			9:25AM 1.58					10:49PM 1.34			9:22AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				3:53AM 0.55				3:21PM 0.03				3:06AM 0.76					4:45PM -0.05			3:26AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	14	18	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	11	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	9	8	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	11	12	12	12	10	8	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	5	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	5	5	10	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	12	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	563	577	1137	207	545	1199	545	537	477	959	994	1705	1686	3969	4008	4004	2509	2509	4772	4715	2723	2723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					8:52PM 1.28	9:07PM 1.69												9:01AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	2	6	12	2	1	2	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	11	12	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 S	1.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 S	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	5	13	5	13	13	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	6	6	13	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.1 WNW	-	1.3 S	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	-	13	-	-	-	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	10	10

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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