Local legend
South Salmon Creek Beach
Bodega Bay, California, United States38.332, -123.073Beach break · faces W (273°)
Spot guide
South Salmon Creek Beach is a W-facing beach break in Bodega Bay, California, United States. It picks up swell from S to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 36% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (273°)
- Best swell
- SW to NW (233°–314°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S to NW (173.5° to 320.5°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- NOAA station 9415625
- Wave buoy
- BODEGA BAY - 48NM NW of San Francisco, CA · 24 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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