South 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 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... Read more