The Wave
The break favors long-period W to NW groundswell and cleans up with onshore-blocking winds absent.
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Ocean Beach
San Francisco’s proving ground: Ocean Beach is a powerful, shifting beachbreak where heavy winter swell, fog, and strong currents define the city’s serious surf culture. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Ocean Beach in California.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelIntermediate - Expert
LocationCalifornia, US
Live conditions
- Waves 3-4 ft
- Period 6 s
- Wind W 14 kt
Tide curve (forecast)
5.0 ftfalling
- Low0.3 ft
- High5.6 ft
- Low1.5 ft
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Lineup Insights
Lineup Guide
Shoals and shifting sandbars plus strong lateral rip channels make the lineup unpredictable and high-consequence-don’t paddle out here unless you know the exits.
Light E-SE winds give the cleanest offshore backing, and changing tides strongly modulate peak size and current strength.
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