Pacific City Beach surf report
Pacific City, Oregon
Updated 1:00 AM PDT
What decides a surfing score
Scored on wave size, period and wind speed. We do not yet know which way each beach faces, so this does not account for offshore versus onshore wind.
Pacific City Beach is also scored for
About Pacific City Beach
Pacific City Beach sits on the Oregon coast, where the water runs from about 50°F in February to 56°F in September.
The water here never averages above 70°F — even in September, the warmest month, it sits around 56°F. Most people wear a wetsuit.
Today it is 53°F. That is 2° below the October average of 55°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Cascade Head, Salmon River about 17.6 km away on a river.
Frequently asked questions
Is Pacific City Beach good for surfing today?
Good surf today — we score it 91 out of 100 today. No single condition is holding it back today.
What makes a good surfing day?
We weight wave size (45%), swell period (30%), wind (15%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.