San Francisco County, California Surf & Weather Report

Friday, November 13, 2026 | 6:06 AM PST

1. WAVE SIZES

CDIP Buoy 029 (San Francisco) and regional NDBC stations indicate a massive, rapidly building long-period WNW swell train. At Ocean Beach, surf is running solid double-overhead to triple-overhead (12 to 16 ft+) with heavy shifting peaks, massive cleanup sets, and extreme rip currents, while protected inside bay pockets are much smaller at waist to chest high.

2. CURRENT WEATHER

Conditions: Overcast and stormy with steady rain and gale-force coastal winds. Current Temperature: 53°F, Today’s High: 59°F. Wind: South-Southwest at 25 mph gusting to 38 mph. Wind trend shows strong onshore/southerly gale flow through the morning, easing and turning westerly by late afternoon.

3. TIDES

High Tide: 03:04 AM (4.5 ft)
Low Tide: 07:06 AM (3.6 ft)
High Tide: 12:49 PM (5.5 ft)
Low Tide: 08:00 PM (-0.1 ft)

4. LATER TODAY & TOMORROW

Primary Swell: WNW 22 ft at 15 seconds from CDIP 029 telemetry. Secondary Swell: S 5 ft at 9 seconds. Surf trend is escalating rapidly toward a major High Surf Warning peak tonight into Saturday, delivering extreme hazardous double-overhead to triple-overhead wave heights across Ocean Beach and all exposed San Francisco County coastlines.

5. 12-HOUR WIND

NOAA / NWS HRRR Model Run: 06Z

TIME WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED
06:00 AM SW (Onshore / Cross-onshore) 25 mph
07:00 AM SW (Onshore / Cross-onshore) 28 mph
08:00 AM SW (Onshore / Cross-onshore) 30 mph
09:00 AM SSW (Cross-onshore rough) 27 mph
10:00 AM SSW (Cross-onshore rough) 25 mph
11:00 AM SW (Onshore choppy) 22 mph
12:00 PM WSW (Onshore choppy) 20 mph
01:00 PM W (Onshore choppy) 18 mph
02:00 PM W (Onshore choppy) 16 mph
03:00 PM WNW (Onshore) 15 mph
04:00 PM WNW (Onshore) 14 mph
05:00 PM NW (Cross-shore clean) 12 mph

6. DAYLIGHT

First light: 06:31 AM
Sunrise: 06:59 AM
Sunset: 05:00 PM
Total darkness: 05:28 PM