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Fisherman's Beach

California · United States

IntermediateBeach break35.175, -120.754

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Fisherman's Beach is a S-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of California — it catches SE–SW swell, and offshore NW–NE 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: ~15.4°C (59.7°F) on average

Jan

13.2°C

55.8°F · 12–15.2°C

Feb

13°C

55.4°F · 11.2–15.6°C

Mar

12.7°C

54.9°F · 11.3–15.4°C

Apr

12.1°C

53.8°F · 10.9–13.8°C

May

12.3°C

54.1°F · 10.9–14.1°C

Jun

13.3°C

55.9°F · 11.4–16.2°C

Jul

14.3°C

57.7°F · 11.3–17°C

Aug

15.2°C

59.4°F · 13.6–18.5°C

Sep

15.4°C

59.7°F · 12.3–18.7°C

Oct

14.9°C

58.8°F · 12.3–18.9°C

Nov

14.5°C

58.1°F · 12.5–17.1°C

Dec

13.8°C

56.8°F · 11.8–17.2°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

SE–SW

Best wind

NW–NE

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. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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