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

6-8FT

Overhead to well overhead

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

10FT10s
WNW302º
2.5FT18s
SSW213º
1.1FT13s
S177º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

4KTSWSW

4kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

-0.3FT

Temperature

55°F

spotName Wind & Weather
52ºF

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.

North Ocean Beach Surf Forecast

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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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