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
FAIR

Surf Height

3-5FT

Observed

Waist to head

Smart Cam

Swell

2FT16s
SSW208º
3.5FT11s
S187º
2.4FT8s
NW315º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

7KTSWSW

9kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

3.5FT

Temperature

59°F

spotName Wind & Weather
69ºF

3/2mm wetsuit

Chris Borg

San Francisco Forecast

Chris Borg •

Today

Waves edge up today as some more swell shows. Afternoon onshores are manageable.

Afternoon Outlook: Mix of long-period SSW swell and selective S swell up a notch as WNW swell lingers, for waves running waist-shoulder-head high. WSW onshores going low-end moderate over the 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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