North 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

2-3FT+

Thigh to stomach

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

4.5FT8s
WNW303º
1.3FT15s
SW220º
1.5FT18s
SSW202º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

9KTSWSW

11kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

5.4FT

Temperature

61°F

spotName Wind & Weather
55ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Francisco Forecast

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Today

Waves continue to wind down as old swell eases. Onshore winds are lightest in the morning.

Dawn to 10:00AM: Old, easing mix of short-period WNW swell and longer-period SSW swell for mainly waist to shoulder high+ surf in the morning. Light+ SSW winds most of the morning.

Afternoon Outlook: Waves taper off during the day. SW onshores rising to a moderate+ back half of the day.

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North Ocean Beach Surf Guide

Ocean Beach is bordered by Kelly's Cove on the north end and Sloat Street on the south end. In between are three miles of shifty beachbreak -- generally biggest in the middle of the beach.

It's also 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... 
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