Oxnard · Ventura County · California
Ormond Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Oxnard, California
Ormond Beach, Oxnard, California: 4–5 ft, head high, at 8 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 2.5 ft at 14 seconds from the west, with a 5 mph offshore wind from the north-northeast. Water is about 74°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next high tide is 4.4 ft at 10:01 pm.
4–5 ft
head high · occasional 6 ft
- Swell
- 2.5 ft · 14 s · Wplus 1.2 ft · 15 s · SSW
- Wind
- 5 mph (NNE)offshore
- Tide
- 3.5 ft risinghigh 4.4 ft at 10:01 pm
- Water
- 74°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 72°Ffeels like 69°F
- Sun
- rise 6:24 amset 4:57 pm
Ormond Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Ormond Beach: 7 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 Ormond Beach: 8 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (NNE) | 5.3 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (NE), gusts 10 | 6.1 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 6.5 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 6.4 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 5.7 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 4.5 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WSW) | 3.1 ft |
| 1 pm | 5 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WSW) | 1.7 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 11 | 0.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 14 | -0.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW) | -0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 0.5 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 7 mph offshore (ENE) | 4.9 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 7 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 12 | 5.8 ft |
| 8 am | 4 ft | Great | 6 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 12 | 6.4 ft |
| 9 am | 4 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (E), gusts 11 | 6.6 ft |
| 10 am | 4 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (ESE), gusts 10 | 6.2 ft |
| 11 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 11 | 5.2 ft |
| 12 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (S), gusts 11 | 3.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 3–4 ft | Fair | 5 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 10 | 2.5 ft |
| 2 pm | 3–4 ft | Fair | 6 mph onshore (SW), gusts 11 | 1.2 ft |
| 3 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 11 | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 3–4 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 10 | -0.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 3–4 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 0.1 ft |
Ormond Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 8 pm, sets at Ormond Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 3 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and soft.
- Set waves
- about 5.1 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 3
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 39 s
- Lulls
- about 159 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Softwhich means mostly mellow, with occasional steeper sections
- Breaking
- 45% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.1 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Ormond Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Ormond Beach: the biggest day is Tuesday, Nov 17 at 6–7 ft, and the best-rated day is Friday, Nov 13 (Epic). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 5–7 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 5–7 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Ormond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 4–5 ft | Great | 1.1 ft · 16 s · WSW | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 6 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 11 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 3–5 ft | Great | 2.3 ft · 13 s · W | 6 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 12 | 6 mph onshore (SW), gusts 11 | 8 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 3–4 ft | Great | 1.8 ft · 13 s · W | 6 mph cross-shore (E) | 5 mph onshore (SW), gusts 10 | 11 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 3–5 ft | Great | 1.5 ft · 13 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (ESE) | 7 mph onshore (S), gusts 13 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 4–6 ft | Epic | 2.3 ft · 15 s · WSW | calm | 8 mph onshore (WSW) | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5–7 ft | Great | 2.4 ft · 14 s · WSW | 11 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 17 | 12 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 17 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5–7 ft | Great | 2.9 ft · 17 s · WSW | 6 mph offshore (NNE) | 8 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 15 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 4–7 ft | Great | 1.7 ft · 14 s · WSW | 6 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 11 | 11 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 19 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6–7 ft | Great | — | 10 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 13 mph cross-shore (W) | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–5 ft | Good | — | 7 mph offshore (NNE) | 17 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Ormond Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Ormond Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Ormond Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: high 6.6 ft at 8:16 am, low -0.1 ft at 3:31 pm and high 4.4 ft at 10:01 pm. At 8 pm the tide is 3.5 ft and rising.
Ormond Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | High 6.6 ft at 8:16 amLow -0.1 ft at 3:31 pmHigh 4.4 ft at 10:01 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.8 ft at 2:32 amHigh 6.6 ft at 8:48 amLow -0.1 ft at 4:07 pmHigh 4.1 ft at 10:37 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.9 ft at 2:56 amHigh 6.2 ft at 9:14 amLow 0.1 ft at 4:48 pmHigh 3.7 ft at 11:36 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | Low 3.1 ft at 3:10 amHigh 6.1 ft at 9:48 amLow 0.5 ft at 5:31 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.7 ft at 12:46 amLow 3.5 ft at 3:32 amHigh 6.0 ft at 10:23 amLow 0.9 ft at 6:24 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.8 ft at 2:13 amLow 3.7 ft at 3:54 amHigh 5.5 ft at 11:01 amLow 1.0 ft at 7:21 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.8 ft at 4:21 amLow 3.8 ft at 4:37 amHigh 5.0 ft at 11:51 amLow 1.1 ft at 8:18 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.1 ft at 4:40 amLow 3.9 ft at 7:41 amHigh 4.6 ft at 1:03 pmLow 1.2 ft at 9:11 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.4 ft at 4:56 amLow 3.6 ft at 9:56 amHigh 4.3 ft at 2:38 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Ormond Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Ormond Beach is about 74°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 69°F and a 5 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 73 and 75°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 Ormond Beach
- Port Hueneme1.8 mi NW · 3–4 ft · Great
- Silver Strand Beach3.0 mi WNW · 6–7 ft · Great
- Hollywood by the Sea4.4 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Good
- Oxnard Shores5.0 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Good
- Mandalay Beach6.4 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Good
- Point Mugu / Mugu Rock7.4 mi ESE · 3–4 ft · Good
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About Ormond Beach
Ormond Beach is a beach break in Oxnard, Ventura County, California, facing south-southwest.
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