Stinson Beach
Marin County, California, United States37.898, -122.646Beach break · faces SW (214°)
Spot guide
Stinson Beach is an SW-facing beach break in Marin County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to SW and WSW to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 48% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SW (214°)
- Best swell
- S to SW (174°–235°) or WSW (241°–255°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- N to ENE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to SW (163.5° to 235°); WSW to WNW (241.5° to 290°)
- Offshore wind
- NE
- Tide
- NOAA station 9414958
- Wave buoy
- SAN FRANCISCO - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA · 24 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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