Manzanita · Tillamook County · Oregon
Short Sands Surf Report & Forecast, Oswald West, Oregon
Short Sands, Oswald West, Oregon: 8–10 ft, well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Good. The main swell is 9.4 ft at 13 seconds from the west, with a 14 mph cross-shore wind from the southeast, gusting 19 mph. Water is about 54°F, so a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next low tide is 0.0 ft at 6:18 pm.
8–10 ft
well overhead · occasional 11 ft
- Swell
- 9.4 ft · 13 s · W
- Wind
- 14 mph (SE), gusts 19cross-shore
- Tide
- 9.5 ft fallinglow 0.0 ft at 6:18 pm
- Water
- 54°F4/3–5/4 hooded
- Air
- 52°Ffeels like 42°F
- Sun
- rise 7:07 amset 4:52 pm
Short Sands surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Short Sands: 7 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 Short Sands: 2 pm, Poor, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 10–11 ft | Great | 12 mph cross-shore (SE) | 4.8 ft |
| 8 am | 9–11 ft | Good | 13 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 18 | 6.1 ft |
| 9 am | 9–10 ft | Good | 14 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 20 | 7.5 ft |
| 10 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 14 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 19 | 8.8 ft |
| 11 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 13 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 19 | 9.6 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 8–10 ft | Good | 11 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 17 | 9.5 ft |
| 1 pm | 9–11 ft | Poor to Fair | 15 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 23 | 8.4 ft |
| 2 pm | 9–10 ft | Poor | 17 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 27 | 6.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Poor | 27 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 44 | 4.5 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Poor | 24 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 41 | 2.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Poor | 25 mph onshore (SW), gusts 41 | 0.8 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 9–10 ft | Poor | 26 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 41 | 4.4 ft |
| 8 am | 10–11 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 5.4 ft |
| 9 am | 8–9 ft | Poor | 23 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 38 | 6.7 ft |
| 10 am | 8–10 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 35 | 8.1 ft |
| 11 am | 10–11 ft | Poor | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 9.2 ft |
| 12 pm | 10–12 ft | Poor | 23 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 9.5 ft |
| 1 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 40 | 9.0 ft |
| 2 pm | 9–10 ft | Poor | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 44 | 7.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 9–11 ft | Poor | 28 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 44 | 5.7 ft |
| 4 pm | 9–10 ft | Poor | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 43 | 3.6 ft |
| 5 pm | 11–13 ft | Poor | 26 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 41 | 1.6 ft |
Short Sands waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Short Sands arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 9.7 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 37 s
- Lulls
- about 132 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 56% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.4 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Short Sands surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Short Sands: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 12–15 ft, and the best-rated day is Wednesday, Nov 18 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 12–15 ft and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, 10–13 ft and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Short Sands 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 | 6–11 ft | Great | 12.0 ft · 13 s · W | 13 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 18 | 17 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 27 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 8–13 ft | Poor | 10.3 ft · 13 s · WSW | 22 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 27 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 44 | 2 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 9–12 ft | Poor | 12.5 ft · 13 s · WSW | 26 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 40 | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 36 | 8 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 9–14 ft | Great | 14.0 ft · 14 s · WSW | 9 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 11 mph cross-shore (S) | 7 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 10–13 ft | Poor | 8.2 ft · 15 s · W | 26 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 34 | 42 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 53 | 1 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 12–15 ft | Poor | 20.7 ft · 19 s · W | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 32 | 25 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 30 | 1 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 10–13 ft | Poor | 12.7 ft · 15 s · W | 28 mph onshore (SSW), gusts 49 | 17 mph onshore (SW), gusts 30 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 11–14 ft | Fair | 18.9 ft · 15 s · W | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 37 | 32 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 60 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 8–12 ft | Good | — | 13 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 20 | 21 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 34 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 10–13 ft | Great | — | 12 mph cross-shore (NW) | 10 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Short Sands are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Short Sands tide chart and tide times
Tides at Short Sands today, Monday, Nov 9: high 8.2 ft at 12:10 am, low 4.0 ft at 5:30 am, high 9.6 ft at 11:24 am and low 0.0 ft at 6:18 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 9.5 ft and falling.
Short Sands tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | High 8.2 ft at 12:10 amLow 4.0 ft at 5:30 amHigh 9.6 ft at 11:24 amLow 0.0 ft at 6:18 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 7.9 ft at 12:53 amLow 4.0 ft at 6:01 amHigh 9.5 ft at 11:55 amLow 0.0 ft at 6:53 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 7.9 ft at 1:35 amLow 4.7 ft at 6:32 amHigh 9.8 ft at 12:23 pmLow 0.4 ft at 7:28 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 7.8 ft at 2:11 amLow 4.9 ft at 7:07 amHigh 9.4 ft at 12:56 pmLow 0.7 ft at 8:05 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 7.8 ft at 3 amLow 5.5 ft at 7:42 amHigh 9.7 ft at 1:37 pmLow 1.8 ft at 8:49 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 8.1 ft at 3:47 amLow 6.2 ft at 8:28 amHigh 9.5 ft at 2:15 pmLow 2.3 ft at 9:35 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 8.0 ft at 4:37 amLow 6.2 ft at 9:32 amHigh 8.5 ft at 2:56 pmLow 2.1 ft at 10:26 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 7.4 ft at 5:36 amLow 5.6 ft at 10:42 amHigh 7.5 ft at 3:58 pmLow 2.3 ft at 11:13 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 7.6 ft at 6:27 amLow 5.3 ft at 12:05 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Short Sands water temperature
The water temperature at Short Sands is about 54°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 42°F and a 14 mph wind, a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 54 and 55°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 Short Sands
- Neahkahnie Point2.3 mi SSE · 11–12 ft · Fair
- Manzanita2.8 mi SSE · 11–13 ft · Great
- Arcadia Beach5.8 mi N · 12–13 ft · Great
- Cannon Beach7.9 mi N · 11–13 ft · Great
- Rockaway Beach10 mi S · 11–13 ft · Great
- Indian Beach12 mi N · 11–13 ft · Great
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About Short Sands
Short Sands is a cove in Manzanita, Tillamook County, Oregon, facing west-southwest. Also called Shorties, Smuggler Cove and Oswald West State Park.
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