Central Ocean Beach Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT+
Thigh to stomach
Swell
Wind
17KTSW
19kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
59°F
3/2mm wetsuit
San Francisco Forecast
Kevin Wallis •Today
Small and bumpy this AM, building and windy/choppy this afternoon. Low quality all day.
Dawn to 10:00AM: Modest scale swell mix and steady onshore WNW winds for small bumpy surf in the morning.
Afternoon Outlook: New mix of shorter-period WNW swell and long-period SW/SSW swell is on the rise, setting up widespread, jumbled chest-shoulder-head high+ waves back half of the day, largest late. WNW onshores get breeze in the afternoon for sloppy conditions.
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Ocean Beach is the most emotional stretch of beach in all of California, and perhaps the world, because it's located dead center in the middle of California, and it's open to every burble and bellow from the north and the south. The winds are dynamic, but the real factor is the tide. All that water moving in and out of the Golden Gate sweeps up and down Ocean Beach with enough force to dislocate swell and shift sandbars from hour to hour. Ocean Beach has many, many moods, from the manic ecstasy... Read more