South Ocean Beach Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

Local time:

Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

3-4FT+

Waist to shoulder

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

6.8FT8s
NW304º
1.4FT16s
SW235º
1.3FT11s
SSW193º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

15KTSW

20kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

4.4FT

Temperature

60°F

spotName Wind & Weather
62ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Francisco Forecast

Chris Borg •

Today

Surf levels off with continued swell mix today. Rising onshores for the afternoon.

Afternoon Outlook: Blend of NW/WNW swell and longer-period SW/SSW swell for chunky waves running waist-head high. W onshores rise to moderate+ for a bumpier back half of the day.

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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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