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North Beach

Coastal areas · United States

IntermediateBeach break28.218, -177.379

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North Beach is a W-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the North Pacific Ocean — 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: ~27.6°C (81.7°F) on average

Jan

21.7°C

71.1°F · 20.3–23.6°C

Feb

20.5°C

68.9°F · 17.7–22.1°C

Mar

20.8°C

69.4°F · 18.4–22.4°C

Apr

21.8°C

71.2°F · 20.4–25.1°C

May

22.7°C

72.9°F · 19.5–24.7°C

Jun

24.9°C

76.8°F · 22.8–26.9°C

Jul

26.6°C

79.9°F · 25.4–27.7°C

Aug

27.3°C

81.1°F · 25.8–28.8°C

Sep

27.6°C

81.7°F · 26–28.9°C

Oct

26.3°C

79.3°F · 24.2–27.8°C

Nov

24.5°C

76.1°F · 22–27°C

Dec

22.8°C

73°F · 21.2–24.3°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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