South Ocean Beach Surf Report & Forecast

Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

3-4FT+

Observed

Waist to shoulder

Smart Cam

Swell

4.1FT11s
S184º
1.9FT16s
SSW207º
2.3FT8s
NW315º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

10KTSWSW

13kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

4.0FT

Temperature

59°F

spotName Wind & Weather
70ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Francisco Forecast

Chris Borg •

Today

Waves edge up today as some more swell shows. Afternoon onshores are manageable.

Afternoon Outlook: Mix of long-period SSW swell and selective S swell up a notch as WNW swell lingers, for waves running waist-shoulder-head high. WSW onshores going low-end moderate over the afternoon.

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South Ocean Beach Surf Guide

Ocean Beach has many, many moods, from the manic ecstasy of clear, blue offshore fall days to the gloom and doom of stormy winter, windy spring and gray summer. There is no stretch of ocean in California that changes as much from hour to hour, day to day and season to season as Ocean Beach.

When Ocean Beach is on, you will see three miles of shifting, meaty, dark-green offshore peaks, from head-high to triple-overhead, cannonading the surf zone from south, west and north. A perfect day... 
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