Central Ocean Beach Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
6-8FT
Overhead to well overhead
Swell
Wind
4KTSWSW
4kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
55°F
4/3mm wetsuit
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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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