Central Ocean Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Central Ocean Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the NW |
| Best tide | high & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-17 10:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 5.2 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | WNW (295°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46237 (7 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the SW — NDBC FTPC1 (5 mi away) |
Central Ocean Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Central Ocean Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jul 17 | 5–6 ft | 17s WSW | 15 kt WSW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 4–5 ft | 17s WSW | 14 kt WSW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 4 ft | 16s WSW | 14 kt WSW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 4 ft | 15s SW | 13 kt WSW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 4 ft | 13s SW | 10 kt WSW |
| Wed Jul 22 | 4–5 ft | 13s SSW | 13 kt WSW |
| Thu Jul 23 | 4–5 ft | 14s SSW | 15 kt W |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9414290 (SAN FRANCISCO (Golden Gate)), the nearest tide station (5 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:14 — High 4.783 ft
- 2026-06-06 10:11 — Low -0.138 ft
- 2026-06-06 17:46 — High 4.615 ft
- 2026-06-06 23:01 — Low 2.917 ft
- 2026-06-07 04:13 — High 4.378 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:56 — Low 0.211 ft
Frequently asked
Is Central Ocean Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-17 10:30 UTC), Central Ocean Beach is off: the live 4–6 ft short-period swell from the NW is off its ideal W direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is light from the SW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Central Ocean Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46237) and the nearest NOAA tide station (SAN FRANCISCO (Golden Gate)). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Central Ocean Beach?
Central Ocean Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the NW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Central Ocean Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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- South Ocean Beach — 1 mi
- Maverick's — 18 mi
- Steamer Lane — 61 mi
- Capitola — 62 mi
- Pleasure Point — 62 mi
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