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

6-8FT

Overhead to well overhead

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

9.2FT10s
WNW301º
2.7FT18s
SSW208º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

7KTSW

7kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

2.1FT

Temperature

55°F

spotName Wind & Weather
54ºF

4/3mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Francisco Forecast

Chris Borg •

Today

Punchy surf tops out today as swell peaks. All day onshores, lightest in the morning, best early.

Dawn to 10:00AM: SSW Southern Hemi tops out, shorter-period WNW swell continues, setting up consistent waves going head high+ to near double overhead. Light+ WNW onshores early morning for decent conditions. More onshores by later morning.

Afternoon Outlook: Surf size holds back half of the day, as WNW onshores go moderate+ for a bumpy 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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