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CALWIRE Surf Report (Friday, August 14, 2026)

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Del Norte Coast — 5.6 ft (8s period · wind 4kt @ 170°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Crescent City Harbor: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Pelican Bay: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
Humboldt Coast — 3.9 ft (7s period · wind 6kt @ 330° · 54°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Trinidad: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Moonstone County Park: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Samoa Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
Mendocino Coast — 4.6 ft (8s period · wind 10kt @ 350° · 56°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Fort Bragg / MacKerricher: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Point Arena: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
Sonoma / Marin Coast — 4.3 ft (8s period · wind 12kt @ 320°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Bodega Head: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Salmon Creek: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Bolinas: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
San Francisco — 3.6 ft (14s period · wind 8kt @ 270° · 59°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Ocean Beach: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Pacifica / Linda Mar: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
Half Moon Bay / Santa Cruz — 3.3 ft (8s period · wind 8kt @ 270° · 59°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Mavericks: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Steamer Lane: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Pleasure Point: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
Monterey Bay — 5.2 ft (8s period · wind 8kt @ 340° · 60°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Moss Landing: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Asilomar: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Sand City: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
Central Coast — 5.2 ft (9s period · wind 8kt @ 320° · 64°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Morro Bay: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Pismo Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Cayucos: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
Santa Barbara / Ventura — 1.6 ft (8s period · wind 4kt @ 290° · 70°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Rincon: FAIR — handles size well — small, ankle-to-knee high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Ventura Overhead / C Street: FAIR — small, ankle-to-knee high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Santa Barbara Harbor: FAIR — small, ankle-to-knee high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
Los Angeles — 3.0 ft (10s period · wind 4kt @ 260° · 73°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Malibu / Surfrider: GOOD — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Manhattan Beach / El Porto: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Venice Breakwater: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
Orange County — 3.9 ft (15s period · wind 2kt @ 260° · 73°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Huntington Beach Pier: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Newport / The Wedge: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Trestles / San Clemente: GOOD — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
San Diego — 3.6 ft (13s period · 74°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Oceanside Pier: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Blacks Beach: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Swami's: FAIR — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Windansea: FAIR — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Sunset Cliffs: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
  • Imperial Beach: FAIR — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, long-period groundswell
Sources: NOAA National Data Buoy Center (wave/wind/water temp) + NOAA Tides & Currents (tide predictions), live readings, plus NWS marine zone Today/Tonight forecast periods where available. Conditions calls are a plain rule-based read of these numbers, not per-break forecasts — see the site notes for why (buoys are far sparser than named breaks along this coast). NWS forecast text covers "Today"/"Tonight" trend periods, not hour-by-hour data.
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