CALWIRE Surf Report (Friday, August 28, 2026)

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Del Norte Coast — 3.9 ft (9s period · wind 2kt @ 110°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
• Crescent City Harbor: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
• Pelican Bay: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, mid-period swell

Humboldt Coast — 3.9 ft (8s period · wind 6kt @ 20° · 57°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Trinidad: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Moonstone County Park: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Samoa Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell

Mendocino Coast — 6.2 ft (6s period · wind 17kt @ 330° · 56°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
• Fort Bragg / MacKerricher: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
• Point Arena: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell

Sonoma / Marin Coast — 5.2 ft (12s period · wind 19kt @ 310°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Bodega Head: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Salmon Creek: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Bolinas: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell

San Francisco — 5.2 ft (6s period · wind 16kt @ 330° · 56°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
• Ocean Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
• Pacifica / Linda Mar: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell

Half Moon Bay / Santa Cruz — 5.2 ft (8s period · wind 14kt @ 330° · 61°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Mavericks: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Steamer Lane: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Pleasure Point: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell

Monterey Bay — 5.6 ft (11s period · wind 16kt @ 330° · 57°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Moss Landing: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Asilomar: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Sand City: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell

Central Coast — 6.9 ft (6s period · wind 19kt @ 300° · 61°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Morro Bay: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Pismo Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Cayucos: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell

Santa Barbara / Ventura — 3.0 ft (6s period · wind 14kt @ 250° · 68°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Rincon: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Ventura Overhead / C Street: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell
  • Santa Barbara Harbor: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, onshore, choppy and blown out, short-period windswell

Los Angeles — 3.9 ft (10s period · wind 2kt @ 340° · 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 — 4.3 ft (8s period · wind 2kt @ 290° · 75°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Huntington Beach Pier: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Newport / The Wedge: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Trestles / San Clemente: GOOD — handles size well — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell

San Diego — 3.9 ft (9s period · 73°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Oceanside Pier: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell
  • Blacks Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell
  • Swami's: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell
  • Windansea: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell
  • Sunset Cliffs: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell
  • Imperial Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, wind data unavailable, mid-period swell

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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