Pacifica · San Mateo County · California
Sharp Park Surf Report & Forecast, Pacifica, California
Sharp Park, Pacifica, California: 8–9 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 12 am PST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Fair. The main swell is 4.8 ft at 13 seconds from the west-northwest, with a 9 mph onshore wind from the northwest, gusting 14 mph. Water is about 63°F, so a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is 3.1 ft at 4:02 am.
8–9 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 10 ft
- Swell
- 4.8 ft · 13 s · WNWplus 3.7 ft · 14 s · WSW
- Wind
- 9 mph (NW), gusts 14onshore
- Tide
- 4.6 ft fallinglow 3.1 ft at 4:02 am
- Water
- 63°F3/2
- Air
- 62°Ffeels like 60°F
- Sun
- rise 6:45 amset 5:03 pm
Sharp Park surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Sharp Park: 10 am, Good, on a falling 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 Sharp Park: 11 am, Great, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 11 | 3.8 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 12 | 4.6 ft |
| 8 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.5 ft |
| 9 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 7–9 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (N) | 6.5 ft |
| 11 am | 9–10 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 12 | 6.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 8–10 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 5.5 ft |
| 1 pm | 8–9 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 12 | 4.3 ft |
| 2 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor to Fair | 9 mph onshore (NW), gusts 15 | 2.8 ft |
| 3 pm | 8–9 ft | Poor to Fair | 9 mph onshore (NW), gusts 14 | 1.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (NW), gusts 14 | 0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor to Fair | 8 mph onshore (NW), gusts 13 | -0.2 ft |
| 6 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor to Fair | 9 mph onshore (NW), gusts 15 | -0.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 7–8 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE) | 3.7 ft |
| 7 am | 8–9 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 4.3 ft |
| 8 am | 8–9 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.1 ft |
| 9 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.8 ft |
| 10 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (N) | 6.3 ft |
| 11 am | 8–9 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 6.4 ft |
| 12 pm | 8–9 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 13 | 6.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 7–9 ft | Poor | 11 mph onshore (NW), gusts 20 | 5.0 ft |
| 2 pm | 7–8 ft | Poor | 16 mph onshore (NW), gusts 29 | 3.8 ft |
| 3 pm | 7–8 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (NW), gusts 15 | 2.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 3 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 1.2 ft |
| 5 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (NW) | 0.3 ft |
Sharp Park waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 am, sets at Sharp Park arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 8.7 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 37 s
- Lulls
- about 130 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 67% 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.
Sharp Park surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Sharp Park: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 13–18 ft, and the best-rated day is Tuesday, Nov 17 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 13–18 ft and Fair; Sunday, Nov 15, 12–15 ft and Good.
Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Sharp Park 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 | 7–10 ft | Good | 4.2 ft · 13 s · WNW | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 9 mph onshore (NW), gusts 15 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 7–10 ft | Great | 5.6 ft · 13 s · WNW | 5 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 16 mph onshore (NW), gusts 29 | 11 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 10–14 ft | Great | 8.4 ft · 14 s · W | 8 mph offshore (SE), gusts 13 | 14 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 23 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 7–13 ft | Good | 9.5 ft · 15 s · W | 17 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 23 | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 38 | 6 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 13–18 ft | Fair | 16.6 ft · 16 s · W | 10 mph onshore (W), gusts 15 | 10 mph onshore (W), gusts 15 | 4 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 12–15 ft | Good | 12.7 ft · 16 s · W | 9 mph cross-shore (S) | 17 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 27 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 14–18 ft | Poor | 14.5 ft · 16 s · W | 17 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 31 | 16 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 30 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 11–16 ft | Great | — | 7 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 8 mph onshore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 7–10 ft | Fair | — | 9 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 14 | 13 mph onshore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 7–9 ft | Good | — | 4 mph cross-shore (N) | 5 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Sharp Park are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Sharp Park tide chart and tide times
Tides at Sharp Park today, Tuesday, Nov 10: low 3.1 ft at 4:02 am, high 6.5 ft at 10:04 am and low -0.3 ft at 5:27 pm. At 12 am the tide is 4.6 ft and falling.
Sharp Park tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 3.1 ft at 4:02 amHigh 6.5 ft at 10:04 amLow -0.3 ft at 5:27 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.6 ft at 12:23 amLow 3.4 ft at 4:34 amHigh 6.4 ft at 10:37 amLow 0.0 ft at 6:08 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.6 ft at 1:19 amLow 3.8 ft at 5:07 amHigh 6.4 ft at 11:11 amLow 0.4 ft at 6:51 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.8 ft at 2:17 amLow 4.3 ft at 5:45 amHigh 6.5 ft at 11:51 amLow 0.9 ft at 7:41 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.8 ft at 3:11 amLow 4.3 ft at 6:44 amHigh 5.9 ft at 12:30 pmLow 0.8 ft at 8:28 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.6 ft at 4:16 amLow 4.2 ft at 7:50 amHigh 5.5 ft at 1:24 pmLow 0.9 ft at 9:20 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.7 ft at 5:02 amLow 4.0 ft at 9:31 amHigh 4.8 ft at 2:24 pmLow 0.9 ft at 10:06 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.9 ft at 5:39 amLow 3.5 ft at 11 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Sharp Park water temperature
The water temperature at Sharp Park is about 63°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 60°F and a 9 mph wind, a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 61 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 Sharp Park
- Rockaway Beach1.4 mi S · 8–9 ft · Fair
- Linda Mar2.3 mi SSW · 3–4 ft · Poor
- Pedro Point2.4 mi SSW · 7–9 ft · Poor
- Gray Whale Cove4.7 mi SSW · 8–9 ft · Fair
- Montara State Beach5.5 mi SSW · 8–9 ft · Fair
- Princeton Jetty9.2 mi S · 4–5 ft · Good
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About Sharp Park
Sharp Park is a beach break in Pacifica, San Mateo County, California, facing west. Also called Sharp Park Pier and Pacifica Pier.
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