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CALWIRE Surf Report (Sunday, August 9, 2026)
By Cal Wire Weather Desk
Del Norte Coast — 6.9 ft (7s period · wind 6kt @ 360°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Crescent City Harbor: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, sideshore, somewhat textured, short-period windswell
  • Pelican Bay: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, sideshore, somewhat textured, short-period windswell
Humboldt Coast — 7.2 ft (8s period · wind 21kt @ 350° · 53°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Trinidad: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Moonstone County Park: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Samoa Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
Mendocino Coast — 7.5 ft (8s period · wind 17kt @ 340° · 53°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Fort Bragg / MacKerricher: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
  • Point Arena: POOR — BLOWN OUT — overhead, onshore, choppy and blown out, mid-period swell
Sonoma / Marin Coast — 5.2 ft (8s period · wind 4kt @ 210°)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Bodega Head: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Salmon Creek: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
  • Bolinas: GOOD — head high, light and glassy, mid-period swell
San Francisco — 4.3 ft (8s period · wind 6kt @ 160° · 58°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Ocean Beach: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Pacifica / Linda Mar: POOR — BLOWN OUT — head high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
Half Moon Bay / Santa Cruz — 3.3 ft (8s period · wind 6kt @ 150° · 60°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Mavericks: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Steamer Lane: POOR — BLOWN OUT — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
  • Pleasure Point: POOR — BLOWN OUT — waist-to-shoulder high, sideshore, somewhat textured, mid-period swell
Monterey Bay — 4.9 ft (16s period · wind 6kt @ 110° · 62°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Moss Landing: GOOD — head high, clean, offshore wind, long-period groundswell
  • Asilomar: GOOD — head high, clean, offshore wind, long-period groundswell
  • Sand City: GOOD — head high, clean, offshore wind, long-period groundswell
Central Coast — 4.6 ft (8s period · wind 6kt @ 310° · 59°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 — 2.6 ft (6s period · wind 14kt @ 230° · 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 — 2.6 ft (16s period · wind 4kt @ 220° · 71°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Malibu / Surfrider: GOOD — handles size well — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Manhattan Beach / El Porto: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
  • Venice Breakwater: GOOD — waist-to-shoulder high, light and glassy, long-period groundswell
Orange County — 4.3 ft (16s period · wind 10kt @ 300° · 72°F water)
Tides: tide data unavailable
  • Huntington Beach Pier: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Newport / The Wedge: FAIR — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
  • Trestles / San Clemente: FAIR — handles size well — head high, onshore, choppy and blown out, long-period groundswell
San Diego — 3.3 ft (17s period · 75°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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