Sausalito · Marin County · California
Rodeo Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Fort Cronkhite, CA
Rodeo Beach, Fort Cronkhite, California: 4–5 ft, head high, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Good. The main swell is 3.5 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with a 4 mph cross-shore wind from the northwest, gusting 9 mph. Water is about 63°F, so a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.3 ft at 5:05 pm.
4–5 ft
head high · occasional 6 ft
- Swell
- 3.5 ft · 15 s · Wplus 1.4 ft · 15 s · SW
- Wind
- 4 mph (NW), gusts 9cross-shore
- Tide
- 5.2 ft fallinglow -0.3 ft at 5:05 pm
- Water
- 63°F3/2
- Air
- 62°Ffeels like 63°F
- Sun
- rise 6:44 amset 5:03 pm
Rodeo Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Rodeo Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising mid 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 Rodeo Beach: 1 pm, Good, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 6–7 ft | Great | calm | 4.0 ft |
| 7 am | 5–6 ft | Great | calm | 4.9 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 5.7 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 9 | 6.3 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 9 | 6.5 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.1 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 5–6 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 10 | 5.2 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 3.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 16 | 2.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 16 | 1.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 15 | -0.3 ft |
| 6 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 15 | -0.1 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 3.7 ft |
| 7 am | 3–4 ft | Good | calm | 4.4 ft |
| 8 am | 3–4 ft | Good | calm | 5.2 ft |
| 9 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (N) | 5.9 ft |
| 10 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (N) | 6.3 ft |
| 11 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 6.2 ft |
| 12 pm | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 5.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 4.6 ft |
| 2 pm | 4 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 12 | 3.2 ft |
| 3 pm | 3–4 ft | Fair | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 1.7 ft |
| 4 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 13 | 0.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 15 | -0.1 ft |
| 6 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 11 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 17 | -0.2 ft |
Rodeo Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Rodeo Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and hollow.
- Set waves
- about 5.0 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 257 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Hollowwhich means throwing, barreling waves
- Breaking
- 35% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.5 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Rodeo Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Rodeo Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 11–14 ft, and the best-rated day is Tuesday, Nov 17 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 11–14 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 7–12 ft and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Rodeo 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 | 4–7 ft | Great | 4.2 ft · 15 s · W | calm | 9 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 16 | 6 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 3–7 ft | Good | 2.5 ft · 13 s · W | calm | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 12 | 1 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 3–5 ft | Great | 2.7 ft · 13 s · W | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 13 | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 9 | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 7–10 ft | Great | 4.8 ft · 15 s · WSW | 6 mph offshore (ENE) | calm | 6 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 7–11 ft | Good | 6.8 ft · 14 s · WSW | 8 mph cross-shore (S) | 16 mph onshore (SW) | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 11–14 ft | Great | 7.6 ft · 15 s · WSW | 4 mph onshore (WSW) | 9 mph onshore (SW) | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 7–12 ft | Poor | 7.8 ft · 16 s · WSW | 13 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 19 | 19 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 29 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 10–13 ft | Good | 8.1 ft · 15 s · WSW | 12 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 18 | 16 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 24 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–7 ft | Great | — | 10 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 15 | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–7 ft | Fair | — | 15 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 22 | 16 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 22 | 10 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Rodeo Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Rodeo Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Rodeo Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 3.2 ft at 3:47 am, high 6.5 ft at 9:48 am and low -0.3 ft at 5:05 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 5.2 ft and falling.
Rodeo Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 3.2 ft at 3:47 amHigh 6.5 ft at 9:48 amLow -0.3 ft at 5:05 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 4.7 ft at 12 amLow 3.2 ft at 4:20 amHigh 6.3 ft at 10:22 amLow -0.3 ft at 5:41 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.7 ft at 12:49 amLow 3.5 ft at 4:51 amHigh 6.4 ft at 10:52 amLow -0.1 ft at 6:20 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.8 ft at 1:43 amLow 3.9 ft at 5:29 amHigh 6.4 ft at 11:28 amLow 0.3 ft at 7:04 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.8 ft at 2:38 amLow 4.2 ft at 6:11 amHigh 6.2 ft at 12:05 pmLow 0.6 ft at 7:52 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.8 ft at 3:34 amLow 4.3 ft at 7:02 amHigh 5.9 ft at 12:50 pmLow 0.9 ft at 8:40 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.9 ft at 4:29 amLow 4.3 ft at 8:16 amHigh 5.4 ft at 1:37 pmLow 0.8 ft at 9:32 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.7 ft at 5:21 amLow 3.9 ft at 9:43 amHigh 4.8 ft at 2:43 pmLow 0.9 ft at 10:17 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.9 ft at 5:59 amLow 3.5 ft at 11:14 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Rodeo Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Rodeo Beach is about 63°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 63°F and a 4 mph wind, a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 60 and 63°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 Rodeo Beach
- Muir Beach2.9 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Good
- Ocean Beach SF4.6 mi SSE · 12–14 ft · Great
- Stinson Beach7.3 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Great
- Bolinas9.3 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Good
- Sharp Park14 mi S · 12–13 ft · Great
- Rockaway Beach15 mi S · 11–13 ft · Good
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About Rodeo Beach
Rodeo Beach is a beach break in Sausalito, Marin County, California, facing southwest. Also called Marin Headlands and Rodeo Lagoon.
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