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Level 8/10

Ocean Beach SF

San Francisco, USA (CA)

🌀Strong rips🦈Sharks😮‍💨Hold-downs

Ocean Beach SF is California's cold-water crucible—a powerful beach break directly exposed to the full fetch of the North Pacific, where San Francisco's most committed surfers battle freezing water, closeout sets, and the knowledge that great white sharks patrol these waters. The wave is not for the faint-hearted: massive paddle-outs, heavy lips, and conditions that can go from fun to survival in minutes. But when winter storms send clean groundswells and east winds blow offshore, OB delivers some of Northern California's most powerful beach break surfing.

10-Day Forecast

Today

Poor

1.0mSW

@12s

16km/h

1.0m

@12s

16km/h

Mon

Poor

1.0mSSW

@10s

19km/h

1.0m

@10s

19km/h

Tue

Poor

1.0mSSW

@14s

12km/h

1.0m

@14s

12km/h

Wed

Poor

1.1mSSW

@15s

12km/h

1.1m

@15s

12km/h

Thu

Poor

1.2mW

@8s

15km/h

1.2m

@8s

15km/h

Fri

Poor

1.0mSW

@9s

24km/h

1.0m

@9s

24km/h

Sat

Poor

0.8mSW

@12s

31km/h

0.8m

@12s

31km/h

Choppy

Sun

Poor

1.8mWNW

@7s

10km/h

1.8m

@7s

10km/h

Choppy

Mon

Poor

1.6mWNW

@7s

12km/h

1.6m

@7s

12km/h

Choppy

Tue

Poor

0.6mSSW

@12s

12km/h

0.6m

@12s

12km/h

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Today's Conditions

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Swell

1.0m

SW(214°)

Score: 8/25

Period

12s

Medium period swell

Score: 6/25

Wind

16km/h

W(260°)

Score: 0/25

Weather

15°C

0.0mm97%

Windswell Component

0.2mWSW@2s

Secondary Swell

0.6mWNW

Forecast Confidence

100%

Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather

Best Session

morning

AM: 10 km/h WSW|PM: 20 km/h W

10 km/h vs 20 km/h afternoon

Low tide at 10am (-0.6m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:53 am

High tide - 0.55m

10:10 am

Low tide - -0.64m

5:14 pm

High tide - 0.88m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Poor

Components

Swell Direction0/25

Swell Size8/25

Swell Period6/25

Wind0/25

Raw Score14/100

Adjustments

🌊 Tide-4

⚠️ Weak Component-15

📉 Undersized Swell-7

Adjusted Score0/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score0

🌊 Too low for this tide window👥 Summer Break

Location & Conditions

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