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+

Waist to shoulder

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

6.1FT7s
NW312º
2.4FT18s
SW222º
1.4FT11s
S185º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

9KTSW

18kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

4.5FT

Temperature

59°F

spotName Wind & Weather
60ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Schaler Perry

San Francisco Forecast

Schaler Perry •

Today

Waves peak off healthy SW Southern Hemi swell. Easing tropical swell. AM sea breeze stays light.

Dawn to 10am: Well directed, long-period SW swell tops out, as much smaller NW windswell and SSW tropical swell off Hurricane Fausto winds down. Lots of spots see shoulder high to a foot+ overhead surf, while standouts get larger sets. Light+ W morning winds.

Afternoon Outlook: Onshore flow builds to 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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