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Crescent Beach

Oregon · United States

IntermediateBeach break45.913, -123.970

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Crescent Beach is a W-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches SW–NW swell, and offshore NE–SE winds tidy the banks through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~14.2°C (57.6°F) on average

Jan

9.7°C

49.5°F · 7.3–11.3°C

Feb

9.2°C

48.6°F · 7.3–11.1°C

Mar

9.6°C

49.3°F · 8.4–11.3°C

Apr

10.5°C

50.9°F · 9–12.3°C

May

12.3°C

54.1°F · 10.6–14.4°C

Jun

13.9°C

57°F · 11.7–15.7°C

Jul

14.4°C

57.9°F · 10.8–16.7°C

Aug

14.4°C

57.9°F · 11.9–17.9°C

Sep

14.2°C

57.6°F · 12.7–16.4°C

Oct

12.7°C

54.9°F · 11.3–15.5°C

Nov

11.4°C

52.5°F · 8.6–14°C

Dec

10.4°C

50.7°F · 8.9–13.2°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

SW–NW

Best wind

NE–SE

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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