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Level 8/10

Ocean Beach SF

San Francisco, USA

🌀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

Wed

Poor

1.0mSSW

@15s

16km/h

1.0m

@15s

16km/h

Today

Poor

1.1mSSW

@13s

24km/h

1.1m

@13s

24km/h

Fri

Poor

1.0mSW

@9s

24km/h

1.0m

@9s

24km/h

Choppy

Sat

Poor

0.9mSSW

@13s

29km/h

0.9m

@13s

29km/h

Choppy

Sun

Poor

1.8mWNW

@7s

11km/h

1.8m

@7s

11km/h

Choppy

Mon

Poor

1.9mWNW

@7s

11km/h

1.9m

@7s

11km/h

Choppy

Tue

Poor

1.6mWNW

@8s

23km/h

1.6m

@8s

23km/h

Wed

Poor

1.2mNW

@9s

23km/h

1.2m

@9s

23km/h

Choppy

Thu

Poor

1.0mNW

@8s

20km/h

1.0m

@8s

20km/h

Choppy

Fri

Poor

0.9mNW

@8s

16km/h

0.9m

@8s

16km/h

Choppy

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Today's Conditions

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Swell

1.0m

SSW(197°)

Score: 8/25

Period

15s

Long period groundswell

Score: 14/25

Wind

16km/h

WSW(258°)

Score: 0/25

Weather

14°C

0.0mm100%

Windswell Component

0.2mSW@2s

Secondary Swell

0.6mWNW

Forecast Confidence

100%

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

Best Session

morning

AM: 15 km/h WSW|PM: 19 km/h WSW

Lighter winds early (15 km/h)

Mid tide at 8am (0.3m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:48 am

Low tide - -0.62m

8:02 am

High tide - 0.28m

12:36 pm

Low tide - -0.09m

7:16 pm

High tide - 0.97m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Poor

Components

Swell Direction0/25

Swell Size8/25

Swell Period14/25

Wind0/25

Raw Score22/100

Adjustments

🌊 Tide-2

⚠️ Weak Component-15

Adjusted Score5/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score5

🌊 Too low for this tide window👥 Summer Break

Location & Conditions

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