Lompoc · Santa Barbara County · California
Minuteman Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Lompoc, California
Minuteman Beach, Lompoc, California: 6–8 ft, overhead, at 8 am PST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Great. The main swell is 5.5 ft at 13 seconds from the west-northwest, with a 6 mph cross-shore wind from the north-northeast. Water is about 71°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next high tide is 6.0 ft at 9:21 am.
6–8 ft
overhead · occasional 9 ft
- Swell
- 5.5 ft · 13 s · WNW
- Wind
- 6 mph (NNE)cross-shore
- Tide
- 5.6 ft risinghigh 6.0 ft at 9:21 am
- Water
- 71°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 73°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:32 amset 5:01 pm
Minuteman Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Minuteman Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Minuteman Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 11 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 17 | 4.0 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 10 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 15 | 4.9 ft |
| 8 amnow | 7–8 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 13 | 5.6 ft |
| 9 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 7 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 12 | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 6–8 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 6–8 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 4.2 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (NW) | 2.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (NW) | 1.5 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WNW) | 0.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (NW), gusts 13 | -0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Poor to Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 17 | -0.4 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 6 mph offshore (E) | 3.8 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (ESE) | 4.5 ft |
| 8 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (ESE) | 5.3 ft |
| 9 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 10 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 4 mph onshore (WSW) | 6.0 ft |
| 11 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (W) | 5.6 ft |
| 12 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (W) | 4.8 ft |
| 1 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WSW) | 3.7 ft |
| 2 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 11 | 2.4 ft |
| 3 pm | 7–8 ft | Fair | 7 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 13 | 1.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WSW) | 0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 4 mph onshore (WSW) | -0.1 ft |
Minuteman Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 8 am, sets at Minuteman Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 7.6 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 37 s
- Lulls
- about 125 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 40% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.3 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Minuteman Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Minuteman Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 10–15 ft, and the best-rated day is Tuesday, Nov 10 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 10–15 ft and Good; Sunday, Nov 15, 8–13 ft and Great.
Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Minuteman Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | 6–8 ft | Great | 6.4 ft · 13 s · WNW | 8 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 13 | 5 mph onshore (NW) | 6 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 6–8 ft | Great | 6.1 ft · 13 s · WNW | 4 mph offshore (ESE) | 6 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 11 | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 5–9 ft | Great | 3.9 ft · 13 s · W | 6 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 12 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 21 | 9 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 8–10 ft | Great | 6.3 ft · 15 s · W | 7 mph offshore (SE), gusts 12 | 11 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 18 | 6 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 10–15 ft | Good | 7.6 ft · 15 s · W | 9 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 15 | 14 mph onshore (NW), gusts 22 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 8–13 ft | Great | 9.8 ft · 17 s · W | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 9 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 15 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 9–15 ft | Great | 2.5 ft · 15 s · W | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 8 mph cross-shore (SSW) | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 10–14 ft | Good | — | 10 mph cross-shore (N) | 13 mph onshore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–8 ft | Good | — | 8 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 20 mph onshore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 5–8 ft | Fair | — | 14 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 20 | 16 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 21 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Minuteman Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Minuteman Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Minuteman Beach today, Tuesday, Nov 10: low 2.5 ft at 3:01 am, high 6.0 ft at 9:21 am, low -0.5 ft at 4:42 pm and high 3.7 ft at 11:31 pm. At 8 am the tide is 5.6 ft and rising.
Minuteman Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.5 ft at 3:01 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:21 amLow -0.5 ft at 4:42 pmHigh 3.7 ft at 11:31 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.8 ft at 3:35 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:49 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:23 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.7 ft at 12:27 amLow 3.2 ft at 3:57 amHigh 5.7 ft at 10:21 amLow 0.1 ft at 6:12 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.7 ft at 1:48 amLow 3.5 ft at 4:23 amHigh 5.6 ft at 10:58 amLow 0.5 ft at 7:04 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.7 ft at 3:06 amLow 3.6 ft at 5:10 amHigh 5.1 ft at 11:38 amLow 0.5 ft at 7:57 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.7 ft at 4:15 amLow 3.6 ft at 6:33 amHigh 4.6 ft at 12:30 pmLow 0.5 ft at 8:50 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 3.8 ft at 5 amLow 3.5 ft at 8:36 amHigh 4.2 ft at 1:41 pmLow 0.7 ft at 9:39 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.1 ft at 5:19 amLow 3.1 ft at 10:27 amHigh 3.9 ft at 3:03 pmLow 0.9 ft at 10:21 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | High 4.4 ft at 5:38 amLow 2.6 ft at 11:34 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Minuteman Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Minuteman Beach is about 71°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 68°F and a 6 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 71 and 72°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Minuteman Beach
- Guadalupe Dunes8.4 mi NNW · 9–10 ft · Great
- Wall Beach9.9 mi S · 7–8 ft · Great
- Ocean Beach10 mi S · 7–8 ft · Great
- Surf Beach11 mi S · 8–9 ft · Great
- Oso Flaco13 mi N · 7–9 ft · Great
- Oceano18 mi N · 7–8 ft · Great
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About Minuteman Beach
Minuteman Beach is a beach break in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, facing west. Also called Point Sal.
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